PLANET EARTH Lecture: "Climate and Sea Level Change in RI: Are UN Trouble?"
A lecture by Brown University Prof. Baylor Fox-Kemper
There are many aspects of climate change that are now well-known: it's happening, human activities cause it, and some changes are here now (heat waves, sea level rise, fires, droughts & floods). Brown University Prof. Baylor Fox-Kemper will talk about the science behind the best-understood global changes, and what's happened and what's to come in Rhode Island. He will close on some actions we can take locally and globally to avoid or prepare for the worst outcomes, and report on if we're on track.
Baylor Fox-Kemper is an oceanographer at Brown University and was a Coordinating Lead Author of the "Ocean, Cryosphere, and Sea Level Change" chapter of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Sixth Assessment Report (August, 2021). He works on models and remote sensing of climate change.
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT
Planet Earth, the Environment and Our Future, presented at the WaterFire Arts Center (WFAC), looks at the beauty and fragility of our world through an exhibition of art and science. The collection of works on view will explore the interconnected nature of our world and the call for action to take care of our planet — including art from several cultures, historical photographs, the latest imagery from NASA satellites, and works from contemporary artists inviting us to look anew.
Experience Luke Jerram’s Gaia, a massive 23’ diameter depiction of the entire Earth that creates a sense of the “overview effect” that has often been reported by astronauts who sense a “cognitive shift” in their perception of the fragile “blue marble” “hanging in the void” of space. Gaia was featured at the recent UN Glasgow Summit and features imagery from NASA. Joan Hall is presenting her luminous, engaging, and massive work Algae Bloom. Richard Friedberg has six of his astonishing and mesmerizing large sculptures of atmospheric phenomena from a tidal wave to a 21’ tall tornado. Judy Chicago, one of the founders of Ecofeminism, has recently returned to revisit this work with three bold, new editions from 2022. Dennis Hlynsky has created a new technique to capture birds in flight with wondrous results and much more.
A lecture by Brown University Prof. Baylor Fox-Kemper
There are many aspects of climate change that are now well-known: it's happening, human activities cause it, and some changes are here now (heat waves, sea level rise, fires, droughts & floods). Brown University Prof. Baylor Fox-Kemper will talk about the science behind the best-understood global changes, and what's happened and what's to come in Rhode Island. He will close on some actions we can take locally and globally to avoid or prepare for the worst outcomes, and report on if we're on track.
Baylor Fox-Kemper is an oceanographer at Brown University and was a Coordinating Lead Author of the "Ocean, Cryosphere, and Sea Level Change" chapter of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Sixth Assessment Report (August, 2021). He works on models and remote sensing of climate change.
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT
Planet Earth, the Environment and Our Future, presented at the WaterFire Arts Center (WFAC), looks at the beauty and fragility of our world through an exhibition of art and science. The collection of works on view will explore the interconnected nature of our world and the call for action to take care of our planet — including art from several cultures, historical photographs, the latest imagery from NASA satellites, and works from contemporary artists inviting us to look anew.
Experience Luke Jerram’s Gaia, a massive 23’ diameter depiction of the entire Earth that creates a sense of the “overview effect” that has often been reported by astronauts who sense a “cognitive shift” in their perception of the fragile “blue marble” “hanging in the void” of space. Gaia was featured at the recent UN Glasgow Summit and features imagery from NASA. Joan Hall is presenting her luminous, engaging, and massive work Algae Bloom. Richard Friedberg has six of his astonishing and mesmerizing large sculptures of atmospheric phenomena from a tidal wave to a 21’ tall tornado. Judy Chicago, one of the founders of Ecofeminism, has recently returned to revisit this work with three bold, new editions from 2022. Dennis Hlynsky has created a new technique to capture birds in flight with wondrous results and much more.