Smoke Stacks and Houses
Smoke stacks are a classic climate image – our research found they were easily recognised and associated with the causes of climate change. This particular 'smoke stack' shows how close residential homes (in the foreground) are to the filthy by-products of this power plant, adding an important human dimension.
Cavan
Rights Managed
WHAT IT SHOWS: Coal burning power plant in Conesville, Ohio. An overwhelming majority of scientists from around the world now believe that carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels is warming the earth.
Photo by
Peter Essick/Aurora Photos
Principles:
Show climate causes at scale