Smithsonian climate change exhibits

Abstract

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.