When most people think about climate change studies, numbers and graphs likely come to mind. But, local composer Mike Bucy is hoping to change that with his song “Babel 2.0.”<\/p>\n
The original composition incorporates the work of Vladimir Alexeev, a climate scientist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The song uses a dramatic collection of sounds to illustrate the ways complex change in the warming Bering Sea is shifting the trajectory of the jet stream farther north — a key factor in climate change and a force driving some of the unusual weather patterns across Alaska.<\/p>\n
The song was the brainchild of Kaja Brix, a program director in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Alaska office and an affiliate faculty member at the International Arctic Research Center.<\/p>\n