Multidisciplinary projects and informal science learning create a climate conversation
This artistic work by Brandon Ballengée is titled “Collapse.” The mixed-media installation includes 26,162 preserved specimens and depicts relationships within the Gulf of Mexico food chain. Photo by Varvara Mikushkina
By Ava Borskey
BATON ROUGE, LA — The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a new report with a dire outlook: Climate changes, like warming and sea level rise, are projected to increase in every region in the coming decades.
Climate change is on the agenda in political circles and governments worldwide. It’s written in the news headlines. And the subject is making its way into community circles through some rather interesting means, like theatre playbills, art installations and pop-up boat launch presentations.
Amy Lesen, a biology professor and minor...