On September 10th the Noyes Museum of Art hosted a panel about climate change. On this panel were reporters, scientists, and artists. The artists here represented those who created the works being displayed in the exhibit Frozen Earth: Images from the Arctic Circle at the museum. Each panelist was given a ten minute time frame to talk about climate change, or his or her own experiences.
Jeff Niemitz began by giving a background on climate change. Niemitz explained how climate change is a continuous process of the Earth and water becoming warmer. Since the water is becoming warmer the snow and ice melts which limits the amount of radiation being reflected. This in turn makes the water absorb more radiation and become warmer which starts the process over again. The next speaker was Michael Lemonick, who was the editor at Time. He spoke about how he has been writing about the greenhouse effect and ozone hole since 1988.
Amy Lipton was the next panelist. As an artist she had a unique perspective on climate change and showed examples of her own work. Lipton explained how portraying climate change is sometimes difficult saying something along the lines of “climate change is hard for artists to deal with because it is an abstract concept.” Lipton was a participant in The Arctic Circle Foundation which Aaron O’Connor spoke about next. O’Connor explained that The Arctic Circle Foundation is a program that allows people of any profession to go to the Arctic Circle.
Overall, the climate change panel was extremely informative and entertaining. The panelists were from different professions which allowed for many perspectives to be heard concerning the complex issue of climate change.