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Worldbuilding Research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Early on in the worldbuilding process, we took a break from working with our groups to do some research relevant to the project. The goal was to be able to implement some of what we learned into the project to create a “persuasive vision of the real.” For my research, I chose to research something I am very passionate about; the environment. I had already gotten the chance to do this sort of research for my documentary book on sustainability, but I obviously took a different angle this time. Luckily, it’s an incredibly broad topic! My final research topic was looking at how companies and the public reacted to the discovery of climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is very relevant to my worldbuilding project because our story heavily features the corporation IDEA, whose actions are very destructive towards the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As opposed to writing some sort of research paper, we created an “annotated bibliography” highlighting the different sources we used and what information we got from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Annotated Bibliography<\/summary>\n

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Topic – Reactions to the discovery of Global Warming<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Question – How did institutions react to the discovery of anthropogenic (human caused)  global warming?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source #1 – Discovery of Climate Change<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weart, Spencer. \u201cThe Discovery of Global Warming [Excerpt].\u201d Scientific American<\/em>, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2024, www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/discovery-of-global-warming\/<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Discovery of Global Warming\u201d is an excerpt from a book of the same name published in the Scientific American that summarizes the initial discovery and the progress of research pertaining to climate change. The idea that human burning of fossil fuels could increase the temperature of the earth was first proposed by Svante Arrhenius in 1896. This idea was generally seen as unrealistic, because of how vast the climate cycle was. Research on this topic grew over the years, and by the record-breaking hot summer of 1988, scientists and the public were ready to accept that climate change was happening. Soon after this, a board of scientists from around the world got together to warn people about how measures needed to be taken to slow down global warming. Unfortunately, not everybody was ready to do this. Corporations who opposed government regulation on things such as fossil fuels began to spend millions of dollars lobbying against climate change regulations and trying to convince the public that it wasn’t real. They even create fake scientific publications to stir up public doubt that climate change was actually a thing. In 2001, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) established the consensus that while it was hard to accurately model the climate, it was very likely that human civilization was going to face severe global warming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This source is published in the Scientific American, a popular and highly credible American magazine. The Scientific American has been running for over 180 years, and scientists such as Alber Einstein and Nikola Tesla have contributed to it. The article itself is an excerpt from a book written by Spencer Weart. Weart received a PhD in Physics and Astrophysics in 1968. Up until his retirement, Weart was the director of the Center for History of Physics of the American Institute of Physics. During his time as director, he also taught courses at Johns Hopkins University and Princeton University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In relation to my research question, this article gave me a wide timeline of information that related to my general topic, which allowed me to find new topics to look into further. For example, the mention of fake research published by corporations lead me to research the company Exxon Mobil, which provided lots of relevant information that helped me narrow my research question down further<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of my worldbuilding project, the information in this article informed me about the general timeline of huge scientific discoveries that endanger humanity. This will allow me and my group to better tell a realistic story about how the world will react to learning about something that may doom them. As mentioned previously, this article led me to a new topic that focused specifically on corporations, which is incredibly relevant to our world because of how one huge corporation is responsible for a lot of the danger humanity is facing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source #2 – Exxon Mobil Climate Research<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neela Banerjee, Lisa Song and David Hasemyer. \u201cExxon\u2019s Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels\u2019 Role in Global Warming Decades Ago.\u201d Inside Climate News, 2 May 2024, insideclimatenews.org\/news\/16092015\/exxons-own-research-confirmed-fossil-fuels-role-in-global-warming\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cExxon\u2019s Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels\u2019 Role in Global Warming Decades Ago\u201d is an article that details a sort of scandal that the Exxon Mobil company was involved in, starting in the 70\u2019s. In July of 1977, Exxon\u2019s leaders received a report from a company scientist that confirmed carbon emissions from fossil fuels were causing global warming and could endanger humanity. The company got this information before the general public knew about these ideas. This scientist, James Black, gave an updated presentation the following year. His presentations reflected the general uncertainty scientists at the time held concerning the details of climate change. Soon after, Exxon launched an ambitious and rigorous research initiative. This research initiative continued for many years, and even encouraged the company to make good decisions. For example, they expressed concerns over a project to build a massive gas field in Indonesia, because of the massive amounts of carbon it would emit. This all changed in 1988, when a shocking New York Times headline sounded alarm bells for the general public concerning global warming and humanity\u2019s future. In response to this, Exxon Mobil stopped their climate research and instead focused on pushing climate denial. The company founded and led the Global Climate Coalition, an alliance of the world’s largest companies working together to curb fossil fuel reduction initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article is published in Inside Climate News, a nonprofit news organization that focuses on environmental journalism. It was founded in 2007, and received a Pulitzer prize in 2013. One of the article’s authors, Nella Banerjee, is currently the Chief Climate Editor for NPR. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article gives me a very specific case that I can use to answer my research question. It provides a lot of details to answer my question from multiple perspectives<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article is very relevant to my worldbuilding project because it features a large corporation, similar to Exxon Mobil in some ways, that would probably be motivated to deny a crisis similar to global warming in the way that Exxon Mobil has. I.D.E.A. (The Institute for the Development of Energy Access) is a massive company and the main harvesters of the magical energy source in our world. Their actions are very destructive to the safety of the world, but they continue to pursue them because of the money and power they gain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source #3 – Beginnings of the EPA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Origins of EPA.\u201d EPA<\/em>, Environmental Protection Agency, www.epa.gov\/history\/origins-epa.<\/a> Accessed 9 Dec. 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article is a short history of the EPA and some of its earliest actions. American conservation largely began in the 60s especially after Rachel Carson published her book, Silent Spring, in 1962. Disasters such as the Cuyahoga River catching on fire sparked public concern about air and water pollution. In 1970, Richard Nixon presented a 37-point message to the senate about the environment. Around the same time, he also created a council to consider how programs to support the environment should be designed and organized. This council recommended to the government the establishment of an Environmental Protection Agency. This organization would consolidate all of the environmental responsibilities of the federal government<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article is written by the EPA itself, which is a government organization. It lists all of its citations, many of which are historical documents. This article was also updated very recently, meaning its information is still currently accurate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article helps to answer my research question by explaining how the government in specific can take actions when faced with a crisis such as global warming<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, this article is relevant to my worldbuilding project because it shows how some sort of organization trying to protect the world from danger could be initially formed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source #4 – Early Environmentalism<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Admin. \u201cA Fierce Green Fire ~ Timeline of Environmental Movement and History.\u201d PBS<\/em>, Public Broadcasting Service, 27 Aug. 2025, www.pbs.org\/wnet\/americanmasters\/a-fierce-green-fire-timeline-of-environmental-movement\/2988\/<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article titled \u201cTimeline of Environmental Movement and History\u201d presents a timeline of numerous events in the history of environmentalism, adapted from American Earth by Tom Turner. The first conservation groups, focusing on protecting wildlife and wild lands, first emerged in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The first air pollution related action recorded in this timeline was the 1963 clean air act. In 1985, Joe Farman reported the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica, and the Montreal Protocol was passed 2 years later to reduce the emissions that caused this hole. While not specifically relevant to climate change caused by carbon emissions, the Montreal Protocol is a very notable example of quick and international cooperation to solve an environmental crisis. The following year, 1988, became the hottest year on record in America. In response, NASA climatologist Dr. James Hanses stated that the greenhouse effect was starting to affect our planet. This moment in history was one of the first times that the public became aware and concerned about global warming. In 2009, the EPA ruled that 6 specific greenhouse gasses were a danger to the public and need to be reduced<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article is published in PBS, and adapted from writing by Tom Turner. Tom Turner is a senior editor at Earthjustice, a nonprofit environmental law firm. This law firm has been a key player in many important environmental cases in the U.S. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This source was one of the first ones I found, and it was very useful for giving me a starting point to answering my research question. It gave me a lot of potential events to look into, such as the record breaking hottest year, 1988.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of my worldbuilding, this article gave me a realistic timeline that I could apply to any sort of environmental protection group that might be established in our world. This source, along with many others, has given me a solid starting point to decide that most of the public reaction to the crisis of our world will only begin in an event where everybody can observe the effects of it, such as the record breaking hot year.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Surreal Composition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For this project, we had to use Photoshop and the various skills we learned from creating funny compositions to recreate a scene from our worldbuilding project. We had to do this in a surrealist style. Our first project of the year in Design class was a similar surreal Photoshop composition, so I felt very comfortable going into this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The scene I created shows the character Alice watching as the sky tears open, revealing a dimension of many colors. She is holding up a special device. The sky breaking is caused by damage to The Veil, which is a barrier separating the world from a dimension containing energy. The device she is holding is a device used to siphon this energy. I featured variations of this scene in multiple of my projects relating to worldbuilding, because I think it’s a cool image with a lot of intrigue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I started by creaking the simple landscape and using multiple images to color the sky and water. I used effects such as photo filters to adjust the colors. To create the shattering effect, I overlayed an image of shattered glass and masked out parts of the sky to reveal the colors. Finally, I created the character.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Artist Statement<\/summary>\n

I created this surreal composition in Adobe Photoshop to represent a scene from my group’s worldbuilding project. In our world, there is a magical energy source that exists on another plane. People have learned to create a hole in the separation between the two planes and siphon the energy out. The woman in this composition represents my character using one of these devices. She is a student learning magic, but really struggles with it. Overharvesting of this energy source by breaking the separation has actually been harming it greatly, and the border collapsing is pretty much inevitable. In my composition, I represented this with the large crack in the sky, revealing an otherworldly scene and releasing light. For my research, I looked into global warming caused by fossil fuel use, since it presents a similar danger to humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To create this piece, I started with a photo of a valley and river. I masked out the sky in the photo and added a different photo of a night sky. I used adjustment layers to make the image darker, and add shadows on the mountains. The most complicated part was creating the cracked sky. I started by importing an image of cracked glass and using blending modes to incorporate it into the sky. Then, I cut out the shape of the center from both the glass image and the sky. Below this, I added an image of a colorful galaxy, that I adjusted a bit to make the colors brighter. The cracked sky involves many other layers, such a shadow layer to give the crack dimension. The woman standing near the corner is a masked out image of a woman taking a photo. I made the image darker to match the lighting and added some details to the phone to make it resemble my idea of the magic siphoning device. Finally, I used the polygonal lasso tool and a soft brush to create the beams of light.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Worldbuilding Pitch Video<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After pitching our worldbuilding project to all of the seniors, we got about two weeks of time to revise our project according to feedback and implement everything into a short video version of our pitch. We divided the work among the three of us, my job being creating the script and making a video outline for my group members to add design and animations to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We recorded the audio in one of the recording booths and assembled the video on After Effects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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