Science %>% Society

Science needs to spill over to society, and we as scientists have to be proactive in it. Here my bits about this.

Summits of snow

In 2022 I collaborated with the artist Eva Marklund, in modifying a set of her sculptures to showcase the effect of climate change in the world’s mountains. Ten years before that, Eva installed 15-m long sculptures representing the snow cover of the highest peaks of each continent, in a busy transport hub in Umeå (Sweden). Together, we represented the projected ice cover remaining in each mountain under three different emission scenarios from IPCC. This is a visual way for people to grasp the dramatic effects of climate change, More details can be found in the website www.summitsofsnow.com.

Overview of the sculptures

Example of Mount Elbrus

Portrait of Gerard and Eva