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MIT exhibit highlights climate change science

Museum’s display of Himalayan glaciers contributes to the sometimes perplexing study of climate change

At a time when many people think of science that explains what we already know, the new exhibit at the MIT Museum, “Rivers of Ice: Vanishing Glaciers of the Himalaya’’ provides a glimpse of science as it more often is - understanding that is being hammered out, that is driven by questions and often-striking observations, in which the answers turn out to be intricate.

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