What Will Nature Do?
This is artwork created digitally in response to climate lectures and study sponsored by Oregon State University and the Corvallis Art Center, 2021.
Global warming is causing life to move toward the north and south poles, changing latitudes. Organisms that are specialists, with gourmet tastes and fussy life cycle needs, may not be able to adapt, but many others can. These artworks reference the emigration of the generalists, those with a taste for a more easily found menu occupying a wider niche in nature.
Global warming is causing life to move toward the north and south poles, changing latitudes. Organisms that are specialists, with gourmet tastes and fussy life cycle needs, may not be able to adapt, but many others can. These artworks reference the emigration of the generalists, those with a taste for a more easily found menu occupying a wider niche in nature.
Changes in Latitude #1 and #2
Movement of ocean species toward the poles. #1 is plankton leaving the tropics and heading north or south. The September, 2019, United Nations report on climate and the ocean noted the movement of sea species toward the poles to deeper, cooler water.
Movement of ocean species toward the poles. #1 is plankton leaving the tropics and heading north or south. The September, 2019, United Nations report on climate and the ocean noted the movement of sea species toward the poles to deeper, cooler water.
Butterflies to the Poles
Plankton and butterflies are emigrating toward the poles. Spanish species of butterfly now summer in the UK. Plankton and the fish that depend on it are also emigrating. Phytoplankton is a critical base of the aquatic food web and are the world's biggest oxygen producers.
Plankton and butterflies are emigrating toward the poles. Spanish species of butterfly now summer in the UK. Plankton and the fish that depend on it are also emigrating. Phytoplankton is a critical base of the aquatic food web and are the world's biggest oxygen producers.
Adaptation #1 and #2
There will be fewer species as specialists die with climate change. Some species are on the move north or to higher elevations. For instance, acorn woodpeckers are changing locales as oaks die in drought stricken areas, making use of dying and dead firs for food storage.
There will be fewer species as specialists die with climate change. Some species are on the move north or to higher elevations. For instance, acorn woodpeckers are changing locales as oaks die in drought stricken areas, making use of dying and dead firs for food storage.
Some Resources:
Butterflies as indicators of climate change. Margaret Vickery. Science Progress, (2008), 91(2), 193-201 www.scilet.com
Climate change is driving plankton towards the poles, study says. Daisy Dunne. Marine Life, 22 May 2019.
Ocean species are shifting toward the poles. Jim Daley. Scientific American, 27 March 2020.
As the ocean warms, marine species relocate toward the poles. Cell Press, 26 March 2020.