The Greenhouse Effect

The greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon essential to life, but human activity is dangerously strengthening it. The exhibition explains its mechanisms and consequences in simple terms.

Panel by panel:

• The natural greenhouse effect, which we need
• The greenhouse gases we produce
• Methane, nitrous oxide and other powerful gases
• Worrying consequences: climate, water, agriculture
• Rising sea levels and scientists' forecasts
• The precautionary principle and sustainable development
• The ozone layer and urban air pollution

Audience: all ages, from 10. Ideal for: a sustainable development week, a school project on climate, an event in a library.