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Frozen-Ground Cartoons : An international collaboration between scientists and artists

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Nääs,  Heta
Miscellaneous, External Organizations;

Ross,  Noémie
Miscellaneous, External Organizations;

Bouchard,  Frédéric
Miscellaneous, External Organizations;

Deshpande,  Bethany
Miscellaneous, External Organizations;

Fritz,  Michael
Miscellaneous, External Organizations;

Malenfant-Lepage,  Julie
Miscellaneous, External Organizations;

Nieuwendam,  Alexandre
Miscellaneous, External Organizations;

Paquette,  Michelle
Miscellaneous, External Organizations;

Rudy,  Ashley
Miscellaneous, External Organizations;

Siewert,  Matthias
Miscellaneous, External Organizations;

Sjöberg,  Ylva
Miscellaneous, External Organizations;

Veillette,  Audrey
Miscellaneous, External Organizations;

Weege,  Stefanie
Miscellaneous, External Organizations;

Harbor,  Jon
Miscellaneous, External Organizations;

Habeck,  J. Otto
Miscellaneous, External Organizations;

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Citation

Nääs, H., Ross, N., Bouchard, F., Deshpande, B., Fritz, M., Malenfant-Lepage, J., Nieuwendam, A., Paquette, M., Rudy, A., Siewert, M., Sjöberg, Y., Veillette, A., Weege, S., Harbor, J., Habeck, J. O.(2017): Frozen-Ground Cartoons: An international collaboration between scientists and artists, Potsdam : Bibliothek Wissenschaftspark Albert Einstein, 27 p.
https://doi.org/10.2312/GFZ.LIS.2017.001


Cite as: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_2459901
Abstract
This project started in October 2015 with a crazy idea : prepare and submit a funding application for an international, multidisciplinary and non-traditional scientific outreach project… within the next 48 hours. Well, it worked out. A group of highly motivated young researchers from Canada and Europe united to combine arts and science and produce a series of outreach comic strips about permafrost (frozen ground). The aim of the project is to present and explain scientific research conducted across the circumpolar Arctic, placing emphasis on field work and the rapidly changing northern environment. The target audience is kids, youth, parents and teachers, with the general goal of making permafrost science more fun and accessible to the public. Because guess what : permafrost represents an area of more than twenty million km2 in the Northern Hemisphere, a huge area. As the climate warms, permafrost thaws and becomes unstable for houses, roads and airports. This rapid thawing of previously frozen ground also disrupts plant and animal habitats, impacts water quality and the ecology of lakes, and releases carbon into the atmosphere as greenhouse gases, making climate change even stronger. Hence permafrost and its response to climate change concerns us all. The project received initial support from the International Permafrost Association (IPA) as a targeted ‘Action Group’, and since then several other sponsors have joined the project. Here we are, now, two years after this first idea. What you are about to read is the result of an iterative process of exchanging ideas between artists and scientists. We first made an application call and received 49 applications from artists in 16 countries. Through a formal review process, we then selected two artists to work on this project: Noémie Ross from Canada, and Heta Nääs from Finland. With input from scientists, Noémie and Heta created fantastic cartoons that explain some of the changes happening to the environment in permafrost areas, how they affect people and wildlife, and what scientists are doing to better understand these changes to help people find innovative ways to adapt. We wish everyone plenty of fun reading this booklet and we would like to thank all those who supported this project.