{"id":21772,"date":"2015-11-09T11:09:13","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T17:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/?p=21772"},"modified":"2015-11-09T11:09:13","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T17:09:13","slug":"big-climate-change-data-gets-musical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/09\/big-climate-change-data-gets-musical\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Climate Change Data Gets Musical"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scientists and journalists constantly look for fresh ways to communicate the impacts of climate change. Visualisation of data is now well-known and widely practised. But a new project is doing something a little out of the ordinary: it\u2019s turning climate data into sound.<\/p>\n

The idea behind \u2018Climate symphony\u2019 is to translate hard data on climate change into a musical composition that engages the public \u2014 encouraging people to question their feelings and the stories behind the data, and create a conversation.<\/p>\n

In this audio interview we speak to Katharine Round and Leah Borromeo of Disobedient Film Company, the co-creators of the work, alongside composer Jamie Perera. They explain that, by listening to the climate symphony, people will be able to tangibly experience climate data and immerse themselves in it. Research shows that sound touches us in inexplicable ways. By using music, the hope is to create an emotional response to something that for many might look meaningless on a page. \u201cIn a world where we\u2019re saturated with hearing the same messages,\u201d they say, \u201cany way to engage people with a subject [as] important [as] climate change is worthwhile.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The story is here.<\/a><\/p>\n

And, here is the interview.<\/p>\n