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Emily Chu

Saxifrage Stratification

Illustration
2025
The water hyacinth is a plant that is tolerant of contaminated water. It has been used in the past to treat wastewater. An island made of water hyacinths that purifies the contaminated water surrounding it, allowing humans to live on islands after civilization was flooded with contaminated waters.

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Saxifrage Stratification
Saxifrage Stratification

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Emily Chu

Illustration

““Resilience” is a series of illustrations that imagines a far-future version of the world after the planet has been ravaged by the climate crisis. The remnants of life are beginning to thrive once...” [More]