Under the Green: Visual data storytelling the process of urban CO2 neutralization by forests

The live footage of the talk, including the Q&A, can be viewed on the session page, VISAP: Papers 2.

Abstract

We express the conflict between industrialization and ecological civilization through Cyber Aesthetics and interactive web pages. We popularize the originally cryptic knowledge of Forest Ecology to the public through common visual metaphors and interactive effects. With this work spreading online, we hope to attract more people to join the construction of ecological civilization and pay tribute to Forest Ecological Scientists. There are already some scientific research results on forest carbon fixation, and a large amount of scientific data has been generated. However, these achievements and data are highly specialized, detached from daily life, and subsequently receive rare public attention. The physical space humans depend on is strongly interconnected, and forests and cities seem separate but mingling. The production and living of people produce lots of greenhouse gases, which need to be consumed by forest plants through photosynthesis, fixing CO2 in the form of organic carbon in the soil and biomass to ensure the carbon cycle. Industrialization has led to excessive CO2 emissions, causing severe disturbances to the carbon cycle process. At the same time, nature is constantly warning humanity, accompanied by frequent occurrences of extreme weather. Therefore, natural forest conservation and plantation forest management are crucial for future ecological civilization.