The Rising Tide sculpture installation by Jason deCaires Taylor was installed on September 3rd, 2015 on the Thames foreshore in London. The sculptures depict riders on horses and reference London's working horses while drawing attention to fossil fuel dependency and climate change. The hybrid sculptures fuse oil machinery and equine forms. As the tides rise and fall, the sculptures are partially concealed and revealed. The materials used will withstand saltwater and not contaminate the river. The installation aims to provide a disturbing metaphor for rising sea levels to demonstrate the urgency of addressing climate change.
The Catalina Environmental Leadership Program (CELP) is a member of the Ambassadors of the Environment family of Programs. A collaboration between Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ocean Futures Society and Catalina Island Camps. www.oceanfutures.org
The Ambassadors of the Environment program at The Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Islands is available to resort guests. Created to carry on his family’s tradition of ocean conservation and education, Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ambassadors of the Environment inspires guests to connect with the world around them in hopes that they will work towards preserving it for future generations. The program highlights the Maldives' rich native culture and unique ecosystem through immersive experiences designed for children, adults and families.
Earth the Water Planet - A Global Overviewjschmied
Earth the water planet is a basic introduction to an ecological view of our worldwide water resources. Intended for middle school through adult learners, this program goes through the distribution, goldilocks effect and some physical properties of water. In addition the presentation included a brief look a a couple aspects of climate change, water use/pollution and the link between clean water, health, wealth and population.
Thanks to USGS for providing key facts and images
The Catalina Environmental Leadership Program (CELP) is a member of the Ambassadors of the Environment family of Programs. A collaboration between Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ocean Futures Society and Catalina Island Camps. www.oceanfutures.org
The Ambassadors of the Environment program at The Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Islands is available to resort guests. Created to carry on his family’s tradition of ocean conservation and education, Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ambassadors of the Environment inspires guests to connect with the world around them in hopes that they will work towards preserving it for future generations. The program highlights the Maldives' rich native culture and unique ecosystem through immersive experiences designed for children, adults and families.
Earth the Water Planet - A Global Overviewjschmied
Earth the water planet is a basic introduction to an ecological view of our worldwide water resources. Intended for middle school through adult learners, this program goes through the distribution, goldilocks effect and some physical properties of water. In addition the presentation included a brief look a a couple aspects of climate change, water use/pollution and the link between clean water, health, wealth and population.
Thanks to USGS for providing key facts and images
Climate change and global warming have severe consequences for the survival of scleractinian (reef-building) corals and their associated ecosystems. This review summarizes recent literature on the influence of temperature on coral growth, coral bleaching, and modelling the effects of high temperature on corals. Satellite-based sea surface temperature (SST) and coral bleaching information available on the internet is an important tool in monitoring and modelling coral responses to temperature. Within the narrow temperature range for coral growth, corals can respond to rate of temperature change as well as to temperature per se. We need to continue to develop models of how non-steady-state processes such as global warming and climate change will affect coral reefs.
Climate change is the greatest global threat to coral reef ecosystems. Scientific evidence now clearly indicates that the Earth's atmosphere and ocean are warming, and that these changes are primarily due to greenhouse gases derived from human activities.
As temperatures rise, mass coral bleaching events and infectious disease outbreaks are becoming more frequent. Additionally, carbon dioxide absorbed into the ocean from the atmosphere has already begun to reduce calcification rates in reef-building and reef-associated organisms by altering seawater chemistry through decreases in pH. This process is called ocean acidification.
Climate change will affect coral reef ecosystems, through sea level rise, changes to the frequency and intensity of tropical storms, and altered ocean circulation patterns. When combined, all of these impacts dramatically alter ecosystem function, as well as the goods and services coral reef ecosystems provide to people around the globe.
Climate change and global warming have severe consequences for the survival of scleractinian (reef-building) corals and their associated ecosystems. This review summarizes recent literature on the influence of temperature on coral growth, coral bleaching, and modelling the effects of high temperature on corals. Satellite-based sea surface temperature (SST) and coral bleaching information available on the internet is an important tool in monitoring and modelling coral responses to temperature. Within the narrow temperature range for coral growth, corals can respond to rate of temperature change as well as to temperature per se. We need to continue to develop models of how non-steady-state processes such as global warming and climate change will affect coral reefs.
Climate change is the greatest global threat to coral reef ecosystems. Scientific evidence now clearly indicates that the Earth's atmosphere and ocean are warming, and that these changes are primarily due to greenhouse gases derived from human activities.
As temperatures rise, mass coral bleaching events and infectious disease outbreaks are becoming more frequent. Additionally, carbon dioxide absorbed into the ocean from the atmosphere has already begun to reduce calcification rates in reef-building and reef-associated organisms by altering seawater chemistry through decreases in pH. This process is called ocean acidification.
Climate change will affect coral reef ecosystems, through sea level rise, changes to the frequency and intensity of tropical storms, and altered ocean circulation patterns. When combined, all of these impacts dramatically alter ecosystem function, as well as the goods and services coral reef ecosystems provide to people around the globe.
13 mysterious statues you can only see underwater convertedTripnstay
13 Mysterious Statues You Can Only See Underwater: There are many natural wonders in the vast oceans. They are also home to some amazing man-made wonders. Statues throughout the world have been drowned in the oceans for various reasons whether in the form of a memorial, or to offer protection to a delicate marine environment, or simply as art.
PowerPoint: Top 10 Australian Man-Made Landmarks Yaryalitsa
PowerPoint: Top 10 Australian Man-Made Landmarks
PowerPoint: Top 10 Australian Man-Made Landmarks
includes:
* Australian States and Territories and their Capital Cities;
* Answers: What is a 'Landform'?
* Answers: What is a 'Landmark'?
* Answers: What is a 'Landscape'?
From number 10 - Number 1 (countdown):
Broome, ANZAC Cove, Ballarat, Cape Byron Lighthouse, Parliament House, Barossa Valley, Q1, MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground), Port Arthur, Sydney Opera House
Worksheet: PowerPoint: Top 10 Australian Man-Made Landmarks at:
http://www.slideshare.net/yaryalitsa/worksheet-powerpoint-top-10-australian-manmade-landmarks
UCGS Geo enquirer Issue 1 - a Geographical magazine made by Geography pupilsUCGSGeo
A magazine full of Geographical articles made by pupils.
Creative commons photos used where possible and photographer's permission asked before use. Contains personal opinions of authors.
Edited by pupils, formatted by teachers. Enjoy!
BEAUTY AND UGLINESS IN OLMEC MONUMENTAL SCULPTUREAuthor.docxtarifarmarie
BEAUTY AND UGLINESS IN OLMEC MONUMENTAL SCULPTURE
Author(s): Claude-François BAUDEZ
Source: Journal de la Société des américanistes, Vol. 98, No. 2 (2012), pp. 7-31
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BEAUTY AND UGLINESS
IN OLMEC MONUMENTAL SCULPTURE
Claude-François BAUDEZ *
Since our Western art tradition has put such a prize on naturalism, we tend to think that
other civilizations valued it as much as we did and do. I contend that Olmec monumental
art illustrates the opposite, and suggest that the Olmecs most appreciated the
anthropomorphic statues that incorporated feline features, and disliked the very
naturalistic style of the colossal heads. The latter represented the severed heads of
opponents who probably were losers in ritual battles. Therefore they could not claim the
divine patronage of the jaguar, and had to appear just as « plain », ugly people. [Key
words: olmec sculpture, colossal heads, naturalism, beauty, ugliness.]
Du beau et du laid dans la statuaire monumentale olmèque. Dans la mesure où l'art
occidental a toujours valorisé le naturalisme, nous avons tendance à penser que cette
appréciation a été universelle. Je soutiens ici que l'art monumental olmèque illustre le
contraire et suggère que les Olmèques appréciaient les statues anthropomorphes qui
intégraient des traits félins, mais n'aimaient pas le style très naturaliste des têtes
colossales. Celles-ci représentaient les têtes coupées de rivaux malheureux aux batailles
rituelles. Pour cela, elles ne pouvaient se réclamer du divin patronage du jaguar, et
devaient se contenter de représenter des gens quelconques, sans beauté. [Mots-clés:
statuaire olmèque, têtes colossales, naturalisme, beau, laid.]
De lo bello y de lo feo en las esculturas monumentales olmecas. Ya que el arte occidental
ha siempre valorado el naturalismo, tenemos tendencia a creer que esta apreciaciôn ha
sido universal. Aqui sostengo que el arte monumental olmeca refleja lo contrario.
Propongo que los olmecas apreciaban las estatuas antropomorfas que incorporaban
rasgos del jaguar y despreciaban el estilo muy naturalista de las cabezas colosales. Estas
ultimas rep.
PowerPoint: Top 10 Australian Landmarks
includes:
* Australian States and Territories and their Capital Cities;
* Answers: What is a 'Landform'?
* Answers: What is a 'Landmark'?
* Answers: What is a 'Landscape'?
From number 10 - Number 1 (countdown):
Ballarat, Shark Bay, Bondi Beach, MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground), Kangaroo Island, Kakadu National Park, Port Arthur, Heart Reef, Uluru (Ayers Rock), Sydney Opera House.
Worksheet for PowerPoint: Top 10 Australian Landmarks at:
http://www.slideshare.net/yaryalitsa/worksheet-for-powerpoint-top-10-australian-landmarks
The Dinosaurs of Crystal Palace are getting their bridge back! We've prepared overview banners of the motivation, inspiration, design and engineering of the bridge plans as we prepare the planning application. Have a look.
2. Title: The Rising Tide
Materials: Stainless steel, pH neutral high-density marine cement.
Location: Thames foreshore, Vauxhall, London.
Installed on the 3rd of September 2015, the latest work by Jason deCaires Taylor depicts a series of horses with riders on the
banks of the river Thames in central London. Positioned on the shoreline adjacent to the MI6 headquarters in Vauxhall,
opposite Tate Britain, the tidal works are revealed and partially concealed by the rise and fall of the Thames twice daily.
The hybrid sculptures fuse oil extraction machinery with the equine form, referencing the working horse of London whilst
drawing attention to our ongoing dependency on fossil fuels and the potential apocalyptic outcome of climate change.
The sculpture was commissioned by the "Totally Thames" festival which celebrates the river Thames during the month of
September and was funded by Lumina Prime8 and Art-Biosphere.
Each of the horses has a different rider, either a male suited figure or a young teenager. The suited figures illustrate an
attitude of denial or ambivalence towards our current climate crisis whereas the young riders represent hope in effecting
future change. As a whole the sculptures symbolise our desire to control natural forces, but their position in a vast body of
moving water highlights our inherent fragility. It is intended to provide a disturbing metaphor for rising sea levels,
demonstrating how little time we have to act, yet crucially it offers hope as it resets itself each day offering us the
opportunity for change.
3. The materials used for construction are long lasting and permanant. Designed for areas of extreme contact with saline or
fresh water. The surface of the sculptures is pH nuetral and will not contaminate a waterway. Each of the horses and riders is
mounted on a concealed rectangular foundation base for stability and transportation. Approximate weight of each horse and
rider is 7-8000kg.
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10. BIOGRAPHY: Jason deCaires Taylor
Jason deCaires Taylor described by Foreign Policy magazine as the “Jacques Cousteau of the art world” is an
internationally acclaimed sculptor who creates underwater, living installations.
Born in 1974 to an English father and Guyanese mother, Taylor grew up in Europe and educated in the South East of
England, Taylor graduated from the London Institute of Arts in 1998 with a BA Honours in Sculpture and went on to
become a fully qualified diving instructor and underwater naturalist. With over 20 years diving experience under his
belt, Taylor is also an award winning underwater photographer, famous for his dramatic images, which capture the
metamorphosing effects of the ocean on his evolving sculptures.
In 2006, Taylor founded and created the world’s first underwater sculpture park. Situated off the west coast of Grenada
in the West Indies it is now listed as one of the Top 25 Wonders of the World by National Geographic and was
instrumental in the creation of a National Marine Protected Area by the local Government. Following on in 2009 he co-
founded MUSA (Museo Subacuático de Arte), a monumental museum with a collection of over 500 of his sculptural
works, submerged off the coast of Cancun, Mexico; described by Forbes as one of the world’s most unique travel
destinations. Both these ambitious, permanent public works have a practical, functional aspect, facilitating positive
interactions between people and fragile underwater habitats.
Taylor’s art is like no other, a paradox of creation, constructed to be assimilated by the ocean and transformed from
inert objects into living breathing coral reefs, portraying human intervention as both positive and life-encouraging.
Numerous publications and documentaries have featured his extraordinary work, including the BBC, CNN, USA Today,
the Guardian, Vogue, New Scientist and the Discovery Channel, yet nothing can quite do justice to the ephemeral nature
of his art; for each actual visit to his sites is both unique and subject to the dynamic, fluctuating environment of the
ocean.
His pioneering public art projects are not only examples of successful marine conservation, but works of art that seek to
encourage environmental awareness, instigate social change and lead us to appreciate the breathtaking natural beauty
of the underwater world.
During the summer of 2014 Taylor submerged “Ocean Atlas” in the Bahamas, which is currently the largest single
underwater sculpture in the world measuring 5 meters high and weighing over 60 tons. Taylor’s studio is currently
based in the south east of Lanzarote part of the Canary Islands.
11. PRESS
The Rising Tide sculpture installation has generated significant global media attention featuring in more than 2,000
online publications, 250 print press and featured in TV broadcasts across 4 continents. In the first fortnight of
placement The Rising Tide has achieved a reach of over 30million media impressions.