Ghost Forest

The Empire State Building looms behind Maya Lin's "Ghost Forest," a stand of 49 Atlantic white cedar trees in Madison Square Park.

They're all dead, of course, victims of climate change that brought salty seawater to their roots in the New Jersey Pine Barrens.  Three centuries ago, white Atlantic cedars covered 500,000 acres on the East Coast, providing critical habitat for indigenous flora and fauna. Americans have reduced that habitat by 90%.  And don't get me started on the loss of chestnut trees.  Just read The Overstory by Richard Powers, another artist desperate to save our planet.

Last chance to get humble, mankind.  Mother Nature doesn't give a shit how high your buildings soar and she's getting angrier by the minute.