New exhibit gives Lansdowne visitors a look at effects of climate change | Ottawa Citizen New exhibit gives Lansdowne visitors a look at effects of climate change
Catherine McKenna, minister of environment and climate change, views a climate change exhibit along with her two children and Alex Benay, CEO of Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation.
A new outdoor exhibit showcasing the effects of climate change around the world was unveiled at Lansdowne Park on Saturday.
The Canada Science and Technology Museum and the National Geographic Society collaborated to create the Climate Change is Here exhibit, which includes images of rising sea levels, habitat loss and extreme weather in different parts of the world.
“We wanted to look at climate change both through a Canadian and a global perspective,” said Jason Armstrong, manager of the Let’s Talk Energy program at the Museum of Science and Technology.
Also included are images that show some of the initiatives to curb climate change, including solar farms in Germany, the use of eco-friendly trucks in Montreal and the installation of wind turbines in the North Sea.
“It is an amazing exhibit because, through very powerful images, you can see how our world is changing as a result of climate change,” said Catherine McKenna, minister of environment and climate change in a speech delivered at the unveiling.
“It’s really great to see museums transcend the buildings they’re in,” said the minister who was touring the exhibit with her two children.
The climate change exhibit includes a photo taken by Grant Gilchrist of his Environment and Climate Change Canada colleagues perched on a cliff among dozens of black and white thick-billed murres.
Grant Gilchrist, research scientist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, took the photo, which includes his colleagues standing on a grassy cleft on a cliff, surrounded by dozens of the birds.
“What we’re trying to see are what other threats are occurring, and if there are really important marine areas then we will work to protect those,” explained Gilchrist.
Photos of the work that he and his team does help educate Canadians about some of the challenges facing animals living in remote parts of the country, he said.
The exhibit, which can be found next to the Horticulture Building, will be at Lansdowne Park until September, when it will be transported to other locations such as Mexico and countries in South America.
Catherine McKenna and her children look at an image of a polar bear.
New exhibit gives Lansdowne visitors a look at effects of climate change
