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The Battle for Climate Change

By Malik Bossett

The Battle of Climate Change.pdf

Climate Change is shown as the fight between environmentalists and renewable energy and the tycoons, lobbyists, corporations and politicians who are pro-oil for the preservation of the planet and all life on it. Although the majority of politicians in the Democratic Party want to mitigate climate change, there are a few that are still reluctant to support climate legislation, such as green jobs and infrastructure.

Nature Unraveling

By Theodore Walka

Every year, our glaciers and forests are under siege by global warming. We lose over a trillion tons of ice each year, and logging operations, fires, and real estate destroy thousands of acres of forest. Pictured here is a stylized image of Glacier National Park, incomplete and unraveling, just like our most endangered natural spaces. We stand to lose this beautiful, powerful park if the rapid melting of the glaciers continues.

Timelines of Natural Disasters

By Krystian Bednarz

Natural Disasters are usually seen on the news, where the viewer sees the damages, feels disappointed that the disaster occurred, and then completely forgets about it. Disasters keep happening throughout history, but the scope of the total damages from each disaster is harder to interpret with this form of information acquisition. It is because of this I decided to make timelines, where the scope of the disasters can be viewed all in one place instead of one at a time. The hope of making these timelines is to give you a better understanding that these disasters have happened, and will continue to happen because of climate change. The lasting effects of forest fires and hurricanes are longer than we think, and are never just "one and done" occurrences like we assume they are.

Natural Disasters: https://time.graphics/line/493444

Wildfires: https://time.graphics/line/494433

Hurricanes: https://time.graphics/line/494424

The Amazon Steak-Forest

By Brandon Horner

The primary cause for deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is cutting down trees to make grazing land for beef cows. Humanities hunger for beef is quite literally eating the rainforest away. In March of 2021, for the first time ever, the Amazon released more carbon emissions than it absorbed. As more of the rainforest is cut down, less of the ever increasing CO2 being emitted into the atmosphere is able to be absorbed by the rainforest. For every gram of beef, 221 grams of CO2 is emitted. As more trees are replaced by cattle grazing lands, we will only get closer to the 450ppm. Cattle takes up a staggering 26% of all land on the planet and that number is ever increasing. Each piece you see disconnected from the large T-bone piece represents areas that have been completely or nearly completely deforested to make way for cattle. The Amazon river represents the T-bone.

America United in Climate Action

By Simcha Miller

Climate Change is too often thought of as something that will only affect coastal cities. In reality, everyone will be affected in some way or another. Similarly, every one of us has a responsibility to our planet. With this interactive map, I wanted to represent how each of us in the United States will be affected as well as how each one of us has it within our power to take action against climate change.

Here are the links mentioned:

www.ucsusa.org/take-action (Send an email with the Union of Concerned Scientists)

www.conservation.org (To check your carbon footprint)

www.climate.nasa.gov (To learn more about the science of climate change)

fashion statement

By Maya Guthrie

"Character is displayed, yes! Moral taste and goodness, or their perversion, are indicated in dress."

--Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 2

Showcase your love of the environment with this stunning, glacial evening dress. Its cerulean and azure folds call to mind the glaciers of the past and will be sure to spark poignancy and envy in the eyes of all who behold it. As a further bonus, know that the proceeds of each dress go to Indonesian climate refugees, whose populations historically hand-crafted the clothes of the early 21st Century.

Inspiration

My inspiration for this piece came from the fashion plates of the 18th Century, wherein the latest fashion trends were displayed and marketed to the upper class. With the description and accompanying quote, I hope to evoke an image of a not-so-distant future where climate change has continued to impact lives around the world and is simultaneously a trendy topic among the (largely unaffected) social and economic elite.

Victims of Climate Change

By Hannah White

Whales

The rapid warming of the Earth’s climate has caused a mass extinction of whales. As temperatures rise, the ocean becomes warmer, killing off many of their food sources such as fish. This competition for food affects timing and ranges of their migration, and inhibits their abilities to reproduce effectively.

Giraffes

In recent years, giraffes have become increasingly more extinct. The rise in climate has caused mass droughts within their habitats. There are little to no water sources. Their main food source, the acacia tree, does not usually survive in these conditions.

Butterflies

Monarch butterfly populations are rapidly diminishing. Monarchs are sensitive to weather and climate, as these ques usually indicate patterns such as migration and reproduction. They are also very dependent on milkweed, which is very difficult to grow in changing climates.

Externalities

By Jorja Heinkel

The term "Externalities" refers to the idea that the greatest contributers of climate change are often not the ones that pay the most severe consequences. It is most often the impoverished that pay the cost of climate change-- the externalities.

The Collaged Nature of Climate Change

By Paige Strickland

Climate change is an issue encompassing several facets, opinions, stakeholders, solutions and more. It holds a wide array of perspectives. A composite image such as this helps portray the issue and further acknowledge that the climate crisis is one of many parts, coming together to create the full picture and narrative of climate change. Each photo in the collage is representative and intentional; it represents a piece of climate change from my perspective. To each observer, it will be interpreted differently. Interpret as you may.

Climate Change from Northern Arizona University

By Sophia Montoya

Mountain Line

The mountain line carries the lumberjacks throughout the forest. An attempt at sustainability to limit the amount of vehicles on the road.

Snow

Let's freeze time and look around. We want to keep our seasons distinct instead of letting them melt together.

Truck Snorkel

If only we had snorkels to suck in clean air like our trucks do.

Wildland Firefighter

A community of people brought together to save our forests. Smokey says thank you.

Soofa Solar

The future of charging your smartphone completely from from solar energy.

Recycling at nau

Northern Arizona University's effort on starting a community that is passionate about climate change.

Stump

Sad to see our trees being chopped down, just like The Lorax by Dr. Seuss. Will you speak for the trees?

Brush

Have you ever gotten a blunt haircut on dead hair? Lets repair our Earth and give her beautiful, moisturized locks again.

Icicles

Our world is melting away, but we can do something to save it! What will you do?

Bench of Prosperity

The future is bright. Stop and take a seat to think about what you can personally do to help our future generations.

Melting & Burning

By Danya Matulis

Liquid

Climate change is causing rapid ice melt, leading to rising water levels. This drawing depicts glacier melt through the chunks of ice floating and the vast amount of water where there should should be ice.

Dead

Forest fires are becoming increasingly more frequent and more destructive as they burn beautiful landscapes all over the world. This drawing is of a forest on fire with a sky full of smoke.

Climate Clock

By Megan Carpenter

Hope for a Better Future

By Sami Aldabbagh

I used a comic strip because it is attention-grabbing, short, and to the point. In today's society, attention spans are limited and that only gives a small window to provide information. It is relatable because parents can imagine something they had access to growing up that their children will not have access to because of global warming.

Changing Times

By Julia Totty

Without a doubt, humans impact the environment in both positive and negative manners. The pictures below show before and after photos of locations that human actions have impacted and documented. While we can see the negative impacts of climate change in Glacier National Park and Tuvalu Island, the other photos show how humans have attempted to preserve the Earth by creating a seperation between humans and the natural world.

Yellowstone National Park

Visitors sitting on Mammoth Terrace in Yellowstone

Glacier National Park

Receding glaciers shown over a course of a 20 year period

Tuvalu Island

Rising sea levels quickly approach the porch of a house on Tuvalu island

Yosemite National Park

Visitors in Yosemite on horses in a field vs visitors walking on a boardwalk

Prevent Climate Change

By Gabby Klix

Leave No Carbon Footprint

Renewed hiking sign to remind us, that our carbon footprints may be indirectly affecting outdoor recreation areas

Smokey the Bear-Carbon Edition

As carbon emissions rise, the risk for wildfires may also rise. A reminder that our actions can help make a change

Water and the World

By Sarah Kitchen

A waterfall in Oregon that provides water to the surrounding plants.

Snow near the NAU Skydome after a heavy storm.

A nighttime view of the Pacific Ocean near LA. Should the sea level rise, many coastal cities will be flooded.

A picture of life under the water.

The Mojave Desert at sunrise. Climate change will worsen droughts throughout the world and cause the vegetation and animals here to die.

Solar panels covering a parking lot. Alternative energy can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

4 Climate Changing Seasons

By Brittany Arwine

Heat of the Summer

Changing of Fall

The world is constantly changing like the seasons. Summer heat surges like the wildfires increasing in number and size. Fall is the season of intense storms and destructive change. Winter leads to extreme temperature highs and lows. Spring brings melted ice and floods. Yet the tree – nature – persists. The seasons looked different to me as a child, how will they change in the future?

Winter Wasteland

Spring Showers

Find a Balance?

By Lauren Portillo

Find a Balance ?

Today it seems that all we see are two extremes

So I challenge you to see what is in-between

Without the trees who will regulate air quality when emissions are on the rise

Climate is changing and so we should change as well

So when presented with what could be

I challenge you to look at the in-between

Each action you take may tilt us one way or another

Tomorrow's Normal

By Natalie Pierson

What will be missed tomorrow? What will be deemed, "the new normal?"

Yesterday's Beauty

When there were forests, they were full of life and color.

Receding Water

Lake Meade usually sits around half capacity.

Yesterday's Majesty

The mountains used to be covered with snow and glaciers year-round.

Encroaching Deserts

Nevada's Death Valley has expanded.

Yesterday's Pollinators

Pollination used to be free.

Darkening Silent Skies

Air pollution is abundant. Birds are not.

Resilience

If given the chance, nature can thrive in the most unexpected places. It will recover. Will we? What will you do about it?

small catastrophes

By Mandi Howard

climate change made miniature

housewarming

it's not a disaster if you refuse to see it

order up

is it just me, or does this drink taste funny?

tread carefully

watch where you step, it may just save the world

Our Lonely Planet

By Jared Carmichael

20/20 Hindsight

By Natalia Areño

Stumped

Booming

William deBuys is a writer, conservationist, and photographer who lives in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in New Mexico.

Ashen Hills

American scientist John Holdren served as the senior adviser to President Barack Obama on science and technology issues through his roles as Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Slow Melt

Ron Sims is the former Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Losing Ground

There are many countries now, such as the Maldives and the Tuvalu Islands, that are being affected by sea level rise. Their islands are being divided by the rising waters, and their tourism and ways of life disturbed. The quote is by Joe Quirk, an American author.