MELTDOWN: Oceans React to Global Warming

In collaboration with the Canadian Association of Science Centers, the Vancouver Maritime Museum’s feature, in-house curated exhibit provides a new “oceans” perspective that offers a fresh look at climate change. Visitors will better understand the fundamentals of global warming, explore its impact on the oceans, the Arctic and land environments and will find meaningful solutions to encourage change. Meltdown! Oceans React to Global Warming is a stimulating exhibit that is compelling, provocative and transformative.

This new, in-house curated exhibit focuses specifically on changing marine ecosystems and tackles topics such as ocean acidification, ocean warming, sea level rise and the uncertain future of Pacific salmon stocks. The exhibit presents information and engaging displays on the changing Arctic that addresses the issue of Canadian sovereignty over a melting Northwest Passage. The exhibit utilizes diverse components of the collections, many of which have never been on display. This includes beautiful builder's models such as the Soviet icebreaker, Ermak, marine engine models and rarely seen images of early steam and coal fired vessels.

You’ve heard the terminology; carbon footprint, CO2 emissions, tonnes of  CO2 produced per person, sustainability, carbon sinks, the melting Arctic, ocean acidification, ocean warming, sea level rise. But what do they really mean and what does it have to do with you? Meltdown! Oceans React to Global Warming, the newly opened climate change exhibit at the Vancouver Maritime Museum will walk you through the lingo, let you feel the weight of the CO2 produced from just 5 litres of gasoline, fly you through a forest fire, show you what a modern windmill and a solar panel actually looks like, how sky sails are being tested on tanker ships, as well as what you can do to help turn our world around.

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