El Prado and WWF team up to warn about climate change!
Four museum paintings have been modified to show what the planet would look like if the temperature rose 1.5ºC.
The NGO WWF and the Prado Museum have joined together on the occasion of the Climate Summit in Madrid to show what a planet would look like if the temperature rose more than 1.5ºC, the turning point established by scientists to avoid Worst damage from climate change .
Four of the most iconic works of the permanent collection of the enclosure have been modified by photographic montages to show the ravages of global warming. Specifically, they have selected masterpieces such as: Felipe IV on horseback , by Velázquez; The children on the beach , by Joaquín Sorolla; Goya's sunshade ; and The Pass of the Styx Lagoon, from Patinir, to warn about rising sea levels, extinction of species, the drama of climate refugees or the disappearance of rivers and crops due to extreme drought.