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DavidEllingsen-WeatherPatterns-2017-54x76.5

2017 The Second Hottest Year in Recorded History

Edition of 5
Pigment ink on cotton rag
54x76.5 inches

The years 2017, 2016 and 2015 make up the 3 hottest years on record for the planet. 2016 and 2015 were El Nino years and to have 2017, in which El Nino was absent, join the others in the top 3 illustrates the ominous direction of climate breakdown.

In 2017 the oceans were recorded at their hottest levels ever. The 5 hottest years on record are 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and now 2017.

Also emerging in this work is the yellow/grey evidence of the record-breaking forest fires here in the Pacific Northwest.

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