現在您可以“聽見”氣候變化 [影片]

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想要直觀地感受北半球的氣溫在多大程度上 偏離平均水平嗎?不妨聽一聽。明尼蘇達大學地理系學生和傑出的 cello 演奏家丹尼爾·克勞福德為絃樂四重奏創作了一首兩分半鐘的樂曲,讓您聽見 1880 年至 2014 年的氣溫變化。早期的音調感覺平靜而規律,但從 1950 年開始,它們越來越偏離常態,並且從 1990 年代到 2014 年變得明顯分散。

從亞馬遜到北極的氣候變化之聲,來自 EnsiaVimeo


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在名為 行星樂隊,變暖的世界 的影片中,每種樂器代表半球的一個區域。大提琴演奏來自赤道帶的資料,中提琴演奏中緯度地區的資料,一把小提琴演奏高緯度地區的資料,另一把小提琴演奏北極地區的資料。每個音符的音高代表相關年份該地區的年平均氣溫。例如,小提琴上的高音符表示北極的溫暖天氣;大提琴上的低音符表示赤道沿線的寒冷天氣。將四種樂器混合在一起,您就可以聽到整個半球的氣溫如何波動以及它們上升了多少。

克勞福德與地理學教授斯科特·聖喬治合作創作了這部作品的影片,由學生朱利安·馬多克斯、傑森·舒、阿拉斯泰爾·威瑟斯彭和奈傑爾·威瑟斯彭在大學音樂學院演奏。當四位藝術家從左到右面向觀眾坐著演奏樂曲時,年份在他們下方隨著音符流逝,每個區域的溫度在音樂家上方滾動顯示,同時還有一個簡潔的小圖形上下襬動,以顯示每年的相對變化。

兩年前,我在一次氣候會議上遇到了克勞福德,他在會上展示了他根據相同資料創作的僅為大提琴而作的獨奏作品。要收聽對他的簡短問答,並聆聽他演奏他的原創作品《獻給變暖地球的歌》(他在宣佈這首作品的當天私下為我演奏了這首作品),您可以 收聽我的播客,播客釋出於 2013 年 8 月。

鳴謝:該影片的製作得到了明尼蘇達大學環境研究所和文理學院的支援。該影片由 Mighteor 製作。

Mark Fischetti has been a senior editor at 大眾科學 for 17 years and has covered sustainability issues, including climate, weather, environment, energy, food, water, biodiversity, population, and more. He assigns and edits feature articles, commentaries and news by journalists and scientists and also writes in those formats. He edits History, the magazine's department looking at science advances throughout time. He was founding managing editor of two spinoff magazines: 大眾科學 Mind and 大眾科學 Earth 3.0. His 2001 freelance article for the magazine, "Drowning New Orleans," predicted the widespread disaster that a storm like Hurricane Katrina would impose on the city. His video What Happens to Your Body after You Die?, has more than 12 million views on YouTube. Fischetti has written freelance articles for the New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Smithsonian, Technology Review, Fast Company, and many others. He co-authored the book Weaving the Web with Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, which tells the real story of how the Web was created. He also co-authored The New Killer Diseases with microbiologist Elinor Levy. Fischetti is a former managing editor of IEEE Spectrum Magazine and of Family Business Magazine. He has a physics degree and has twice served as the Attaway Fellow in Civic Culture at Centenary College of Louisiana, which awarded him an honorary doctorate. In 2021 he received the American Geophysical Union's Robert C. Cowen Award for Sustained Achievement in Science Journalism, which celebrates a career of outstanding reporting on the Earth and space sciences. He has appeared on NBC's Meet the Press, CNN, the History Channel, NPR News and many news radio stations. Follow Fischetti on X (formerly Twitter) @markfischetti

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