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This work aims to bring greater awareness to the strength and power of fire and its ability to influence the environment. This work was created after studying many media images of wildfires throughout the country and the world. It aims to capture the terror of wildfires, implant a memorable image in our minds, and give us an opportunity to have a meaningful relation to nature.
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This project was inspired by my 13-year-old son who asked about climate change and what the world will look like in the future. I had only murky visions of that future myself and could not give him a clear answer. As a father, I hated that I could not provide much clarity for my son and knew I needed to explore this idea with a photography project. These portraits explore the uncertain futures of the next generation that will be struck the hardest by the impacts of climate change.
Thumbnail maps showing precipitation during El Niño winters since 1950, sorted by strength
Text that says "Climate.us is live" along with a screen capture of the home page of the website.
Artist statement: The idea behind this specific painting is to show the beauty and vibrancy of our ever-deteriorating oceans. I was inspired by the beautiful colors and livelihood of our oceans. The fluidity of movement, saturated colors, and detailed patterns all draw inspiration from familiar underwater scenery. The purpose of this piece is truly to inspire people to protect what is beautiful. I myself learned how important the oceans are to me, and I hope that respect can be reflected to the rest of the public through my artwork.
For years, Climate.gov was where I sent people for accurate, trustworthy answers about climate, from what El Nino means for the region to how extreme heat is changing where they live. Every article made complex science accessible and transparent. At a moment when social science highlights public education as a key tipping point for climate action, Climate.us doesn't just carry that forward—it raises the bar. I know I'll be sending people there for years to come. -Katharine Hayhoe, Ph.D., Atmospheric Scientist, Horn Professor and Endowed Chair in Public Policy and Public Law at Texas Tech, co-founder of the Talking Climate Collaborative and author of the Talking Climate newsletter
Aerial image of waterway with this text: “Why Climate.us? The best solutions to our country’s climate challenges will come from a climate-literate public.”
Screen capture from the NYT story with a statue in front of a NOAA building and this text: “Former NOAA Employees Revive Climate Site Shut by Trump Administration. The database of federal global warming research recreates a website that was closed amid the administration’s broad retreat from climate science.”
My cold wax painting focuses on catastrophic ecosystem change in my home state, Alaska. “Methane Blues” shows melting ice wedges in permafrost under the tundra, weakening land and flora above ground. Collapsing earth creates methane-releasing thermokarst lakes across Alaska. Methane gas occurs when microbes digest decayed plants and animal remains. Their waste product, methane, is a 25-80x more potent greenhouse gas than CO2.
My painting depicts a polar bear in the Arctic viewing a distant cruise ship. I was on such a ship, visiting the Arctic Circle in 2019. The polar bear's look is wondering and poignant; the cruise ship seems innocent, but it represents another human incursion into this place of beauty. Climate change has already affected the area; the ice that allows the polar bear to travel and find food is shrinking. Bear and boat are on opposite sides in this painting. We need to be on the same side as the bear.
The North Atlantic right whale is a critically endangered whale that inhabits the east coast waters of the United States. Human activities and climate change have driven down their numbers. I hope this piece will be a cry for help, something that will leave people with a sense of urgency. I also wanted to bring hope; the whale is escaping the entanglements. The sorrowful situation of the North Atlantic right whales can only be solved by us, humans, and if we all commit to it, I believe we can do it.
The U.S. got more than one quarter of its electricity from wind and solar in March 2026. Graph showing Share of U.S. Electricity Generation (percent). Data: Electric Power Monthly, U.S. Energy Information Administration. Credit: Climate.us
Artist statement: I record the landscape through paintings, drawings, photography, and mixed media, highlighting landscape form, process, texture, and natural patterns at varying scales. This work illustrates an aerial version of deforestation. Forests are home to wildlife, significant carbon banks, controls for flooding and erosion, and a source of filtration and clean air. Land use is a difficult topic, as farming is critically important to feed our growing population.
Originally trained as a landscape architect, I rework abandoned sites, invasive species zones and decaying ruins as a way of navigating human folly. Individual works juxtapose something highly artificial with something organic, and/or something jarring with something reassuring. Forged from multiple medium format images, this scene of industry in a forested, mountainous area combines landscape visualization techniques (infrared sensors) with more traditional light photography (dodge/burn, compositing) to bring out atmospheric details and place the manmade and vegetation in high contrast.
Artist statement: Battling climate change will require a radically imaginative perspective on the world around us. What would it look like to create fully biophilic additions to buildings that already exist? How many jobs could be created through the planning and upkeep of a green city? How would gardens on every balcony and rooftop benefit people in food deserts? I used photos of common house plants tucked into an image of 30th Street and 5th Avenue in New York City for a fantastical view of a concrete jungle.
Artist's statement: Cheryl is a very real person in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She works at a social services non-profit and is a member of our gay community. I painted her to show her confidence and triumph over urban challenges. This painting depicts the density of urban life and the spirit of the individual in it. The power of the individual, for climate change, social change, and personal change is embodied in this painting.
In my piece, I focused on air pollution and fossil fuels. I showed factories pumping toxic gasses and fuels into the air. I also included a figure drawing childlike images of factors that have or will be destroyed by climate change. Broken green crayons symbolize the destruction of nature as climate change worsens. This is a completely possible future for our planet, with bumblebee death tolls rising due to climate change and clean water becoming inaccessible for the less fortunate. Without action this problem will only worsen.
High Tide was a temporary art installation inspired by Boston’s original marsh landscape to visualize projected flooding due to sea level rise. The installation represented future flood levels as a marsh of color-changing circles moving around vertical rods. High Tide is part of a series of temporary installations designed to engage the public with the science of climate change through unexpected moments of wonder. Placed in public spaces, the artworks provide site-specific information about flooding impacts through non-threatening embodied experiences.
Filtered visible light image of Sun at Solar maximum, Aug-10-2024 with sunspots and faculae. Image by Climate.us, data from NASA SDO
“Fragility” expresses the delicateness of our natural world and ecosystems. The vintage Heisey teacup, historically owned by the wealthy, represents how people have affected the environment for generations and continue to do so. Two of the whales are humpbacks, which in some cases are still endangered. The third whale is a North Atlantic right whale. North Atlantic right whales are critically endangered and are expected to become functionally extinct in just a few decades. Above the whales float several icebergs, which are spilling over the edge of the cup bit by bit. The earth is losing approximately 1.2 trillion tons of ice per year due to climate change.
Sea ice concentration map dated Mar-15-2026. Arctic sea ice winter maximum: The 2026 maximum extent was tied with 2025’s maximum for the lowest in the 48-year satellite record. Map by Climate.us using data from NSIDC.
Early in the morning at Huntington Beach State Park in South Carolina, I found myself alone with this beautiful spoonbill, who was gently wading and preening in the morning light. Traditionally the spoonbill is most common in coastal Florida, Texas, and parts of Louisiana. Recently, we have seen spoonbills expand their range into South Carolina, in part because of climate change. As more northern areas get warmer they 'flock' to these areas. As the sea level rises, the more southern waters also get too deep for them to forage.
The Sulphide Glacier on Mt. Shuksan receives the last ray of light, resembling a glimpse of hope for the glaciers in the North Cascades. As a landscape photographer, I am constantly searching for wilderness areas that provoke the juxtaposing themes of power and fragility, particularly in the context of climate change. I aim to draw my audience in with the beauty of the landscapes and inspire them to contemplate the intrinsic value of wild spaces. We cannot truly protect something we do not love, and we cannot love something that does not move us.
My minimal paintings reference sky and weather. I find inspiration at the edge of day. The quiet, liminal, and changing space is full of possibility. Most recently, my work has been infused with atmospheric data. This piece depicts a subset of air quality data from Hennepin County, Minnesota, where I live and work. Using data from the 2014 State and County Emissions Sources published by the EPA, this piece portrays sources of Carbon Monoxide emissions, which are roughly: Mobile 89% (blue); Miscellaneous 6% (white); Fuel Combustion 5% (ocher).
I was inspired by crabs because they're always seen as aggressive creatures, when really they're simple creatures just trying to get by like everyone else in life. I hope that people will learn that these animals have lives too, they're so complex and I'm sure they have thought processes just like humans do but we'll never know. I learned that all life is beautiful and deserves to be protected because we all take granted of how animals and how much Earth provides for us.
This street intersection mural in Pinecrest, Florida depicts the location’s elevation above sea level. Painted intersections, coupled with Underwater Markers (elevation yard signs) that residents place in their front yards, make the issue of climate change impossible to ignore. Mapping the topography of their community, neighbors reveal an alarming reality: declining property values, increased flood insurance costs, failing septic tanks, compromised infrastructure, climate gentrification, and collapsing ecosystems. The socially engaged art work is aimed at revealing the vulnerability of coastal communities to rising seas, sparking climate conversations, and catalyzing civic engagement.
This piece combines rigid, measured definitions of space with the lush organic movements of nature. The Reflections Series speaks to issues such as ocean awareness, threatened species, and water temperatures. Ultimately, the piece seeks to amplify today's contemporary landscapes in crisis.
This painting shows the beauty of the huge built environment and the colors and forms of nature. It also shows the stark problem of drought and overuse of water as populations grow, particularly in areas that are not predisposed to large human cities and agriculture. The bone-like wall of the shrinking lake should be a wakeup call to us all.
Text: Key Message 1. Climate Change Is Harming Human Health. Image: Vile, disease-carrying arthropods on human skin.
Glaciers sing. Blueberries listen. Informed by the work of Julie Cruikshank and Dr. Janelle Marie Baker, this piece considers how place and beings are defined, and seeks collective action towards equitable, livable futures. Embedded underneath the images are translations of “glacier” and “blueberry” from English to Lingít Yoo X̲ʼatángi, the language of my home in Lingít Aaní, also known as Southeast Alaska. As a non-Native living within these lands, learning the Lingít language is a step towards decolonizing. Definitions come from the Tlingit Dictionary, edited by X̲ʼunei Lance Twitchell.
Image: Heart-shaped Earth. Text: Do you love the Earth? A donation to Climate.us matching campaign helps you express it.
Image: Heart-shaped Earth. Text: Do you love the Earth? A donation to Climate.us matching campaign helps you express it.
My painting is a take on the famous 'A Sunday on La Grande Jatte' painting by Georges Seurat. In the original painting, people are enjoying a nice day in the park. My reimagined painting includes a fiery sky, polluted water, and suffering people. These are all effects of climate change that have begun to occur. My painting also shows a wealthy person, who has the luxury of ignoring the problems. I believe this will all worsen if something isn't done to reverse this tragedy.