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The invisible problem

Artwork by Mary Tiegreen + Deep Dream Generator

GREENHOUSE GASES

The invisible problem

Inspired by the work of William Blake

Greenhouse Gases from human activities are the most significant driver of observed climate change since mankind’s voracious burning of fossil fuels for energy, dating back to the industrial revolution, began to create more greenhouse gases than the land and the oceans were able to absorb.

As greenhouse gas emissions from human activities have increased, they have built up in the atmosphere (the greenhouse effect) and warmed the climate, ravaging ecosystems, raising sea levels and exposing millions of people to new weather extremes, not to mention accelerating disease and extinction to all forms of life.

For more information on this subject go to this CCR page Greenhouse Gases and

William Blake (1757-1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Though largely unrecognized in his lifetime, Blake’s paintings and poetry have been highly praised for his expressiveness and creativity, and for the philosophical undercurrents and mysticism within his work. Despite being considered excentric by his contemporaries, he leaves behind a symbolically rich collection of works that embraced his visionary imagination.

GREENHOUSE GASES

The invisible problem

Inspired by the work of William Blake

Greenhouse Gases from human activities are the most significant driver of observed climate change since mankind’s voracious burning of fossil fuels for energy, dating back to the industrial revolution, began to create more greenhouse gases than the land and the oceans were able to absorb.

As greenhouse gas emissions from human activities have increased, they have built up in the atmosphere (the greenhouse effect) and warmed the climate, ravaging ecosystems, raising sea levels and exposing millions of people to new weather extremes, not to mention accelerating disease and extinction to all forms of life.

For more information on this subject go to this CCR page Greenhouse Gases and

POPULATION

Inspired by the work of George Bellows

Meat & Dairy

Inspired by the work of Sir Edwin Henry Landseer

Heat

Inspired by the work of Piet Mondrian

GAS

Inspired by the work of Édouard Manet

Construction & Manufacturing

Inspired by the work of Thomas Hart Benton

Melting Glaciers

Inspired by the work of Alfred Bierstadt

GREENHOUSE GASES

Inspired by the work of William Blake

EXTINCTION

Inspired by the work of Hieronymus Bosch

DROUGHT

Inspired by the work of Pieter Bruegel

Tornadoes

Inspired by the work of Michelangelo Caravaggio

Wildlife Extinction

Inspired by the work of Mary Cassatt

Coal

Inspired by the work of Paul Cézanne

COLORADO RIVER

Inspired by the work of Thomas Cole

FOOD WASTE

Inspired by the work of Lucas Cranach

FLOODING

Inspired by the work of Leonardo Da Vinci

HUMAN MIGRATION

Inspired by the work of Eugene Delacroix

SEVERE WEATHER

Inspired by the work of El Greco

OCEAN ACIDIFICATION

Inspired by the work of Fra Angelico

OCEAN WARMING

Inspired by the work of Paul Gauguin

INDUSTRY

Inspired by the work of Giotto

SEA LEVEL RISE

Inspired by the work of Katsushika Hokusai

Groundwater Depletion

Inspired by the work of Francisco Goya

Industrial Air Pollution

Inspired by the work of Gustav Klimt

Plastics

Inspired by the work of Emma Löwstädt-Chadwick

Ocean as Carbon Sink

Inspired by the work of Henri Matisse

Oil

Inspired by the work of Michelangelo

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Inspired by the work of Amadeo Modigliani

WATER POLLUTION

Inspired by the work of Claude Monet

MENTAL HEALTH

Inspired by the work of Edvard Munch

Hurricanes

Inspired by the work of Rembrandt Van Rijn

Habitat Disruption

Inspired by the work of Henri Rousseau

Precipitation

Inspired by the work of Georges Seurat

TRANSPORTATION

Inspired by the work of J.M.W Turner

Extreme Weather

Inspired by the work of Vincent Van Gogh

DEFORESTATION

Inspired by the work of Jan Vermeer

WILDFIRES

Inspired by the work of James McNeill Whistler