From now through September 1, the Field Museum is hosting an exhibit that addresses the crux of climate change. Melting Ice - A Hot Topic: Envisioning Change brings together 26 contemporary artists whose work responds to the threats posed by melting polar ice caps. Gilles Mingasson's photo (above), shows the village of Shishmaref in Alaska, where residents are slated to become some of the first refugees of global warming in the Arctic. More information and photos below.
The photograph above, by Fred Ivar Ultsi Klemetsen, shows weakened reindeer heards in Norway searching for grass that's hard to find due to increased snowfall from global warming. The exhibition includes photographs, oil paintings, sculpture, and video installations. For more information, click here.
Melting Ice was organized by the Natural World Museum in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme.
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I am from Alaska originally and I have to say you can see the affect of global warming every day. I think people would be much more open to it if they could see how the change is really affecting the planet right now. I rent but I think there are things we can all do in our environments to change this. seeing these pictures might be one step.
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One of the things people can do to slow climate change is to eat less or eat no meat. Meat production is a leading cause of climate change.
"Agricultural greenhouse gases are about 22 percent of all emissions around the world."
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http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/04/15/one_less_burger_one_safer_planet/
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