Bonnie Peterson

CO2, Temperature and Sea Level Rise, 2023

Embroidery on silk, emerging from oil cans Each approx 8" x 8" x 30"

Atmospheric CO2 over 800,000 years (green), atmospheric warming for the earth & the Mediterranean Basin (red), and sea level rise (orange).

Bonnie Peterson

Insect Apocalypse, 2023

Embroidery on silk & velvet 25" H x 23" W

Biodiversity of insects is threatened worldwide. Loss of insect diversity and abundance is expected to provoke cascading effects on food webs and jeopardize ecosystems. A citizen science project by the Krefeld Entomological Society measured the biomass of flying insects in protected areas for 27 years.

Bonnie Peterson

Drought, 2023

Embroidery on silk 38" H x 55" W

Snow water equivalent data and tree ring science were used to determine California’s “500 year drought.”