"Why won't anyone take this issue seriously?!" https://t.co/54BUz5jrO5
— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) December 5, 2016
We missed this story when it was first published in June. Thank goodness Popular Science felt compelled to tweet it out again today:
Watch a pianist play a heartbreaking funeral song for the Arctic: https://t.co/eQVe7Sh5K1 pic.twitter.com/cZYjosflhi
— Popular Science (@PopSci) December 5, 2016
So very heartbreaking:
It isn’t often that a Steinway grand piano ends up floating in Arctic waters. But that’s what happened earlier this month, when a composer performed a heartbreaking “Elegy For The Arctic”, an original composition designed to raise awareness about climate change in the fragile, frigid region.
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[Italian pianist and composer Ludovico] Einaudi performed the composition in waters off the Wahlenbergbreen glacier in Norway, atop a wooden platform designed to look like an iceberg. At 8.5 feet wide and 33 feet long, the platform blended in with the freshly calved icebergs crashing off the glacier.
“Being here has been a great experience,”,” Einaudi said. “I could see the purity and fragility of this area with my own eyes and interpret a song I wrote to be played upon the best stage in the world. It is important that we understand the importance of the Arctic, stop the process of destruction and protect it.”
AGW skeptics will definitely take this stuff seriously now!
https://twitter.com/laurakfillault/status/805888146756030464
https://twitter.com/liars_never_win/status/805889873878142977
Photo taken just before the polar bear mauled and devoured him. https://t.co/iIGdR1b0TY
— jon gabriel (@exjon) December 5, 2016
Where's a giant Orca when you need one? https://t.co/yqgMj2q8d7
— Bob ن (@BobHicks_) December 5, 2016
I like the whale timed its leap and smash just as the pianist hit the climax. https://t.co/J90fwLIJLW
— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) December 5, 2016
Watch the Arctic cold destroy the Steinway's soundboard in less than 4 hours. https://t.co/AJ2wSJLImo
— Mark A Kruger (@musepolsci) December 5, 2016
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/805895104158453760
— dril nye the reply guy (@steve_jorbz) December 5, 2016
All joking aside, though, this stunt has raised some very valid questions:
How much fuel did it consume to get that piano to the arctic? https://t.co/3e4I5lZHG8
— Federalist Musket?? (@Patriot_Musket) December 5, 2016
And the carbon footprint of setting up this stunt was what exactly? https://t.co/jbpLblvzcj
— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) December 5, 2016
How much CO2 was released in transport and production, do you think?
— Grumble Bee ????????? (@Scoztastic) December 5, 2016
https://twitter.com/hboulware/status/805891627986329601
https://twitter.com/Lockersawks/status/805892096636973056
Get on this, Popular Science! The people deserve to know!
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