A Comic Strip Mirrors the Ravages of Climate Change<br />Readers will see the drawings diminish to nothing by Friday as a snow bunny muses,<br />“Climate change will lead to habitat loss and the extinction of many species.”<br />Miss Hallatt created the strips to observe the arrival of the documentary “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power,” in theaters on Friday.<br />People see it as a partisan issue, but it is a science issue.”<br />Miss Hallatt, 46, said she never intended “Arctic Circle” to be an environmental strip,<br />but she has been concerned about climate issues since childhood.<br />By GEORGE GENE GUSTINESJULY 23, 2017<br />The newspaper comic strip “Arctic Circle,” by the environmentally minded cartoonist Alex<br />Hallatt, is about talking penguins and their fellow creatures living in the north.<br />Since it began, “Arctic Circle,” which has been syndicated by King Features since 2007,<br />has covered topics like marine pollution, bird conservation and disappearing bees.<br />We shouldn’t even be discussing this.”<br />Tackling environmental issues is nothing new for Miss Hallatt, a former biochemist.
