Though global warming persists as one of the most critical issues of our time, it need not become catastrophic. The timely exhibition Climate Change presents the history and science behind global warming, explores its threats to humanity and the world around us, and describes our efforts at adaptation. More importantly, the exhibition explains how global warming can be slowed and eventually stopped.

Learn how innovative solutions—like solar and wind power, green architecture, and carbon storage—will help secure our future by providing clean energy and creating a sustainable living environment. Fascinating computer interactive illustrate how climate works and demonstrate how global warming affects land,ocean, ice, and atmosphere. Children and adults alike can discover simple ways to reduce energy consumption in their daily lives, pledge to take a specific action, and then visualize its “multiplier effect”—the collective impact of their individual efforts. Though challenging, the solution to climate change is within our grasp on an individual, national, and global scale.

More information at www.amnh.org/climatechange

*Dates: October 18, 2008 through August 16, 2009