gases
Dec
29
2015
A four panel sequence depicts a man driving an orange vehicle who first denies human contribution to global temperature increases. He then faces rising waters around the vehicle while insisting adaptation is enough. A third panel shows him on a raft claiming hydrogen and technology will resolve the issue without habit changes. The final panel shows the man submerged with only hands visible above water as he agrees to adjust but struggles with the words.
Dec
14
2015
A political cartoon published December 14, 2015, depicts a suited man standing in floodwater declaring that regulating carbon emissions will cost jobs and hurt the economy. Nearby a second man struggles in the water shouting save my job while a house and polar bear are partially submerged. The image appeared around the time of the Paris climate agreement negotiations. It visually links opposition to emissions rules with the consequences of unchecked global warming such as rising seas. The composition places the economic argument in the context of visible flooding to question its priority.
