Art
Josh Kline's Water World
The artist imagines a future in which an Antarctic ice sheet has broken, resulting in a catastrophic sea-level rise.
Climate Change
Books
Two Books Take on the Vast Ecological and Social Consequences of Climate Change
A Year Without a Winter looks to the past to imagine how people might grapple with the climate upheavals of the future, while A Moving Border explores how rising temperatures have changed the geography of Europe.
Art
Transforming Charts and Graphs About Climate Change Into Art
Data visualization artist Alisa Singer's exhibition Environmental Graphiti turns raw climate information into semi-abstract portraits.
Books
Plastic Capitalism Traces the Phenomenon of "Waste Art"
Plastics have drastically altered our society and environment. A new book by Amanda Boetzkes looks at the material as an artistic medium and eco-cultural signifier.
Art
Coping with Climate Change
The gallery NURTUREart has been transformed into a government bureau to help citizens negotiate climate change’s psychological and logistical challenges.
News
Environmental Activists Stage Die-In at Tate Modern, Evoking "Colony Collapse" of Bee Populations
Around 100 activists, led by Extinction Rebellion, rode around the city on bikes as part of the “Critical Swarm," and then collapsed in front of the Tate Modern to symbolize the death of bee colonies.
Art
Photographs of a Melting Glacier Are Both Beautiful and Worrying
The images may be beautiful but they depict a natural world that is quickly being transformed by climate change.
Art
Mary Mattingly's Poetry of Things
Mattingly makes the case that poetry is precisely what’s missing from mainstream responses to anthropogenic climate change.
Art
The Climate Museum Captures the Gravity of a Global Crisis
The world's first climate change museum opens its inaugural exhibition, exploring polar ice through art at the Parsons School of Design in Manhattan.
In Brief
Rising Sea Levels Threaten Over 13,000 Archaeological Sites in the US
A new study suggests that thousands of archaeological sites in the southeastern United States will be underwater by the end of the century.
Art
Chicago’s Plan for Sick Trees: Turn Them into Art
Artists turn trees devastated by a pest into works of public art, calling attention to the problem and creating opportunities for unexpected artistic encounters across the city.
Art
An Augmented Reality Coral Reef Thrives or Dies by Your Tweets
The White Noise augmented reality installation visualizes the online conversations we have around consumption and conservation.