Anyone who has walked through New York City's Union Square and Rebecca Love - Bewitched Housewives (2007)managed to look up has seen it: A large, multi-numeral digital clock embedded on the side of a sky scraper.
The public art project known as Metronome typically counts the hours, minutes, and seconds to and from midnight. But as of Saturday, it began telling a different sort of time. It now marks the years, days, hours, minutes, and seconds that the world has to limit carbon emissions before we reach a critical tipping point.
Artists Andrew Boyd and Gan Golan reprogrammed the clock to coincide with the beginning of Climate Week in NYC. The "climate clock," as they call it, will display on Metronome through the end of Climate Week, Sept. 27.
The "deadline" they've set is based on calculations from the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change. It is largely understood that 1.5 degrees of global warming from current global averages will have devastating effects in terms of sea level rise, storms, drought, and more. Based on the amount of carbon used every day (at 2017 levels), 1.5 degrees of warming will occur in about seven and a half years. The Union Square Climate Clock now puts a countdown to that deadline in one of New York's most public places.
Boyd and Golan have previously installed climate clocks in Berlin and Paris. They've also made a personal countdown clock for teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg, who tweeted a photo of herself as a younger child Sunday displaying "how fast we’re racing in the wrong direction."
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
The Climate Clock is an open source project, and the artists even include instructions for how to make one on their website.
Along with the coronavirus pandemic, racially biased policing, and Supreme Court justices, climate change looks to be a prominent issue in November's presidential election thanks to the fires engulfing California and Oregon. Last week, Trump claimed "I don't think science knows" that the record-breaking West Coast wildfires are linked to climate change (they most definitely are). Trump is seen as a disaster for the climate.
Turtle Beach Recon 50P gaming headset deal: 28% off
Get used to it: Trump's tweets are the news
Stop saying 'unsolicited dick pics' when talking about cyberflashing
Hulu surprise
The strangeness of Japan's decision to start openly hunting whales
Alan Moore, writer worst served by Hollywood, calls it quits
Nicki Minaj and Meek Mill break up and now the queen has more time to conquer
Don't forget the computer that landed Apollo 11 astronauts on the moon
NYT Connections hints and answers for May 1: Tips to solve 'Connections' #690.
NASA's Orion capsule for the next moon landing is ready to rock
This is the fattest of the extremely fat bears
Please use ethernet cables whenever you can. Please.
This company created 'automated following' so two trucks only need one driver
Danai Gurira is done on 'The Walking Dead' and fans are so sad
Apple is reportedly still working on smart glasses of some kind
'Queer Eye' Season 4 became self
Google Maps makes life easier for people who want to ride bikes (but don't own one)
Features Apple should consider for future iPhones, MacBooks, and iMacs
TikTok wants me to host a dinner party. Is that an actual recession indicator?
This company created 'automated following' so two trucks only need one driver
Disney+ is cracking down on password sharing now tooHow Not to Be Forgotten by Lauren KaneX creators 'pleasantly surprised' by decent ad revenueRedux: April in Paris by The Paris ReviewGovernments can spy via smartphone push notifications, Apple and Google confirmThe Art of Doodling by The Paris ReviewBest BLACK+DECKER deal: Get a vacuum for 27% offKU vs. Mizzou basketball livestreams: Game time, streaming deals, and moreThe Ideal Place to Disappear: An Interview with Julia Phillips by Jennifer WilsonPoetry Rx: Mother’s Day Edition by Sarah KayFun Factory Anniversary Sale: Score 40% off sitewideDo you know who's posting photos of your child on social media?What Our Contributors Are Reading This Spring by The Paris ReviewObjects of Despair: The 10,000Feeld's front and backend relaunch is a disasterRedux: April in Paris by The Paris Revieweharmony and GLAAD launch new features for LGBTQ users'Leave the World Behind' review: StarNYT's The Mini crossword answers for December 8Netflix's 'Leave the World Behind' takes a swipe at Tesla PayPal drops Infowars because it promotes 'hate' Ivanka Trump hawks her Ivanka Trump RNC dress on Twitter Facebook activates Safety Check in Munich amid ongoing shooting situation We finally get to see Joaquin Phoenix in Joker makeup This 'Harry Potter' nursery is so perfect the artist must have used magic to create it Emilia Clarke just got the best 'Game of Thrones' tattoo Celebrity couples ruled Instagram this week Emma Roberts and Dave Franco draw hyperrealistic portraits of each other Amazon reportedly plants fake packages as a trap for drivers Ted Cruz's latest dig at Beto O'Rourke might be his vilest yet Huawei's new Freebuds might come with this ingenious feature U.S. Olympic athletes use puppy power to prepare for Rio games Little Miss Flint's 5 awesome tips for becoming a young activist Hillary Clinton's Democratic National Convention will be all about the texts What can hundreds of dead penguins tell us about climate change? 15 office rules no one tells you Police officer body slams black teacher, violent arrest caught on camera Teardown of iPhone XS reveals new, L Instagram says it's not testing or building a reposting feature Netflix's 'Maniac' is here and the reactions to it are intense
2.1556s , 8201.0859375 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【Rebecca Love - Bewitched Housewives (2007)】,Wisdom Convergence Information Network