Art meets science in sculpture park to show climate change

An exhibit opens Saturday at the Seattle Art Museum's Olympic Sculpture Park that will show how a predicted rise in sea levels from climate change might hurt the Seattle waterfront and other cities around the world.
The exhibit came at the request of the museum's environmental steward. It will show how a rise in the sea level of one meter, which some experts say may occur in 2100, would flood gentle slopes at the park. The exhibit marks the current high-tide line in Elliott Bay with a blue rope and uses a red rope to show what a 1-meter rise would do.
The University of Washington says current evidence suggests sea level is rising by about 3 millimeters (1/8 of an inch) each year. And many experts say that rate may increase.
The exhibit is a partnership between the museum and the UW's College of the Environment and Program on Climate Change.