Computer art highlights global warming in the rainforest.

(From Nottingham Evening Post)

A UNIVERSITY of Nottingham student has created a piece of digital artwork to monitor the ecosystem of the Brazilian rainforest.

A Conversation Between Trees is led by PhD student Rachel Jacobs, who is also the artistic director of Nottingham-based art installation company, Active Ingredient.

It uses sensors placed in Mata Atlantica, a Brazilian forest, to collect data about the area's temperature, humidity, light, decibels, colour and CO2.

These measurements are then converted using computer software into a visual image.

Sensors in UK forests will do the same, meaning the two images can be compared when …