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Feeling the Heat: The Climate Challenge

Get the facts on the world's hottest topic
How will global warming impact your life? Join scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in their quest to understand Earth's climate system in the aquarium's newest exhibit, Feeling the Heat: The Climate Challenge.

Exhibit Highlights

• Enter the Heat Signature Gallery and view stunning imagery from locations around the globe, providing insight into the startling environmental changes under way
• Explore how scientists track temperature on a global scale and monitor the effects of climate change
• Discover California 2050, a fast-forward glimpse of projected environmental conditions in the Golden State in the year 2050.
• Experiment with the greenhouse effect
• Learn why the ocean is considered the "wild card" in climate change
• Calculate your contribution to climate warming and compare the latest ideas for reducing carbon emissions through emerging, sustainable technologies
• Interactive displays and multimedia experiences help to convey the dramatic changes taking place regionally and throughout the world.

The Race is On

It's not too late to slow climate change, but this will require immediate action by governments, corporations, and individuals worldwide. Feeling the Heat: The Climate Challenge presents the science of global warming, highlights Scripps's half-century commitment to studying climate change, and provides visitors the opportunity to become informed on the changes occurring now and those projected for the future.