David Schulte and colleagues analysed geo - referenced maps and aerialphotographs of the islands dating from between 1850 and 2013 and found that by 2013, only 33.25 % of the 1850 landmass remained, owing to erosion and sea level rises.
He begins working on a series of editions Bridge 14 FEB 45 [Editions CR: 113 - 115] based on an aerialphotograph of Cologne taken from an American plane following the allied bombardment of the city on that date.