Jill Pelto is a watercolor artist who aims to display scientific research through art. She is a graduate of the University of Maine with a degree in Studio Art and Earth Science. Rather than expressing the state of our climate change like many environmental artists, she is sure to use actual data to show the actuality of climate change. If you look closely, you see that this is a graph which shows the decline of pH levels from 1998-2012. It is part of her series titled Habitat Degradation, and this features ocean acidification. You see that there is a separation of the habitat and the species chosen.
Clownfish was chosen for this piece because it has been researched that their cognition and behaviors are being hindered by the water quality. This changes their nature and abilities to protect themselves (it is more difficult to detect the presence of predators and navigate their way home). She has many more pieces that show the alarming visual declines in the environment.