Ice Watch

Ice Watch

Artist Olafur Eliasson has brought 24 blocks (100 tonnes) of ice from Greenland to London for his installation Ice Watch, to coincide with COP24. The exhibit opened yesterday and will last about a week, when all the ice will have melted in the 40-ish degree London...
Visualizing sea level rise

Visualizing sea level rise

In 2014, students from the University of Maine launched an installation art project along the waterfront in Portland, Maine. The King Tides Trail is a four mile trail along the shoreline with markers indicating where a king tide would reach with 3 feet of sea level...
In need of fresh water

In need of fresh water

Within fifteen short years from now—by 2030—the world will experience a 40% shortfall of fresh water, according to a 2015 UN Report on water. At the same time, sea level is rising, and the rate of sea level rise is accelerating. Too little fresh water, too...