The Cleveland Museum of Natural History presents Climate Change an exhibition on view July 23 through December 31, 2011.
Climate Change addresses one of the most complex and urgent scientific and social issues of the 21st century: global climate change. Visitors of all ages will learn the science of climate change and discover the implications of unchecked climate change for future generations. Discover how individual, collective, communal, and governmental actions in using energy more efficiently, in combination with pursuing promising new energy alternatives, can make a meaningful impact in reducing global warming.
Through interactive stations and videos as well as dioramas conveying the latest scientific concepts and research, Climate Change presents evidence that human activity over the past three hundred years—including the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, and other changes in land use—has dramatically altered the natural world. Greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide have increased rapidly in the atmosphere, changing the Earth’s climate. Climate Change explains how the resulting global warming could severely stress human societies and damage ecosystems by causing sea levels to rise, increasing the incidence of drought and intense storms, drastically raising temperatures over areas of land and ocean surface, and bringing additional changes to the world around us.
Discover solutions and learn what is needed to move away from dependence on fossil fuels toward a more energy-efficient economy. Future energy choices are vividly depicted, including solar power, wind power, nuclear power, and the use of carbon capture and storage (also known as carbon sequestration). Find out how you can contribute to a global solution through simple changes in individual behavior, such as taking mass transit instead of driving, using energy-efficient appliances, and paying all your bills online.
The Climate Change exhibition is organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York (www.amnh.org), in collaboration with The Cleveland Museum of Natural History; the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture & Heritage, United Arab Emirates; The Field Museum, Chicago; Instituto Sangari, Sao Paolo, Brazil; Junta de Castilla y Leon, Spain; Korea Green Foundation, Seoul; Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen; Papalote Museo del Nino, Mexico City, Mexico; Saint Louis Science Center.
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