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Climate Change Focus of New Exhibition at the Field Museum

CHICAGO, IL.- In the comprehensive exhibition Climate Change, The Field Museum adresses one of the most urgent scientific and social issues of the 21st Century: global climate change. The exhibition explains the science behind this issue and explores the implications of climate change going unchecked for future generations. Climate Change makes it clear there is no single solution to the problem. Instead, it allows visitors to see how individual, collective, communal, and governmental actions can make a meaningful impact in reducing global climate change. Climate Change opens at The Field Museum on June 25 and will remain on view through Thanksgiving Day weekend, November 28, 2010. “We are proud to present an exhibition that illustrates the causes and effects of climate change while also providing ideas for practical, long-range solutions,” said John McCarter, President of The Field Museum. “Climate change i