Telus World of Science Edmonton launches climate change exhibition [Video]

Telus World of Science Edmonton (TWOSE) is inviting guests to learn more about climate science.

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A new feature exhibition, Our Climate Quest: Small Steps to Big Change, launches at the science centre on Friday.

Trevor Prentice , TWOSE director of science experience, said the exhibition helps people understand recent extreme events, like fires and flooding, that are a result of changes in the environment.

“Climate is such an important topic right now,” he said. “It’s such an important thing for people to kind of understand a little bit deeper behind why we are noticing all these changes.”

TWOSE staff scientist Marie McConnell said interactive installations help make sometimes-intangible concepts more approachable.

“It’s just a really cool way to bring a lot of physics and a lot of environmental science and atmospheric science to life in a way that’s much easier …