A study conducted recently in the US suggests artistic depictions of environmental data can help counter climate scepticism.
Art may be one tool to help bridge ideological splits over climate change in the United States, a new study in the 31 May issue of the journal Nature finds. Its five authors say that art offers an accessible way to engage with and understand climate change, and that artistic visualisations of data appeal to viewers’ emotions more than standard data graphs. This engagement has the potential to reduce the polarising effects of graphs, which may heighten scepticism and actually exacerbate political division on climate change.
Continue reading Claire Voon’s article on The Art Newspaper (5 June 2023)