Open AccessSmithsonian climate change exhibits
Author(s) -
Kumar Mohi
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2006eo180006
Subject(s) - arctic , permafrost , climate change , national museum of natural history , indigenous , atmosphere (unit) , the arctic , physical geography , national museum , geography , general partnership , meteorology , archaeology , environmental science , oceanography , natural history , ecology , political science , geology , law , biology
Two new museum exhibits, “Arctic: A Friend Acting Strangely” and “Atmosphere: Change is in the Air” opened 15 April at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., in partnership with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NASA, and the U.S. National Science Foundation. In “Arctic: A Friend Acting Strangely,” anecdotes from indigenous polar people reveal how climate changes have affected life within the last 50 years. For example, as permafrost melts and sea ice shrinks, plant distributions and animal migration patterns are changing, severely affecting culture.