Maine Sea Grant, O’Chang Comics video up for national award, BDN reports

The Bangor Daily News reported a short video on lobsters and climate change that was created by O’Chang Comics in partnership with the Maine Sea Grant Program at the University of Maine is up for a national award. The video, which was based on the UMaine report “Maine’s Climate Future: 2015 Update,” explains how rising sea temperatures in southern New England have caused lobster populations in the area to drop. It is nominated as part of the National Science Foundation’s Visualization Challenge — also known as The Vizzies — which seeks to honor illustrations of scientific principles and advancements so as to make them accessible to larger audiences, according to the article. Voting for the People’s Choice Vizzie awards can be done online, and winners in each category will get $500 and be featured in the March edition of Popular Science magazine, the article states. Contest winners will be announced in February 2016.