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Cultural response to climate change

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The continuous process by which carbon is exchanged between organisms and the environment is the inspiration for Carbon 12, an exhibition by five teams of artists and scientists. Under the aegis of Cape Farewell, a not-for-profit arts organization, each team has produced a creative response to climate change, with a collective emphasis on the impact of the greenhouse effect on the carbon cycle.

But Carbon 12 also refers to the cycle of thermonuclear reactions wherein isotopes of nitrogen and oxygen, as well as carbon, are produced. And, it is this reference that illuminates Cape Farewell's collaborative relationship with Électricité de France, a nuclear energy company, which provides the exhibition space. Current and future energy use will, of course, play a crucial role in climate change, and Carbon 12 emphasizes by dint of contrast the relative 'cleanness' of fission and nuclear energy over and against burning and fossil fuels.

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  1. Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Llandinam Building, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DB, Wales, UK

    Elizabeth Straughan & Deborah Dixon

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Straughan, E., Dixon, D. Cultural response to climate change. Nature Clim Change 2, 480–481 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1593

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