Ask a Scientist About Our Environment

If you have questions about the environment, we've got answers! In celebration of Earth Day in 2008, Museum scientists answered questions from kids about everything environment-related, from pollution to endangered species to global warming.

Science Explorations presents a fun and easy way for kids to explore the planet's environmental issues.
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Image Credits:
American Museum of Natural History illustration, © AMNH / Eric Hamilton; green sea turtle, by Brocken Inaglory via wikimedia.commons CC BY-SA 3.0; herbivore fossil, courtesy of Andy Wyss; Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), courtesy of NOAA; drought, courtesy of USGS; Earth, courtesy of NASA; icicles, © AMNH; wind turbines, courtesy of NREL; river algae bloom, courtesy of Wikipedia Media Commons / Wikipedia.org; Wyoming toad, courtesy of USFWS; plastic bag stuck on coral, courtesy of NOAA; polar bear, © courtesy of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (CC BY 2.0); steaming volcano, courtesy USGS; landfill, courtesy of Planet Ark; sea turtle surfacing, courtesy of Jeff Seminoff / NOAA; urban smog, courtesy of USGS; tropical forest bird, courtesy of Flickr/Laszlo Ilyes (CC BY 2.0); Mesopotamia, © Curtis J. Richardson/Duke University Wetland Center; ice caps, courtesy of the United States Antarctic Program; African savanna, CC0 Public Domain via maxpixel.net; gaur, John P. Mosesso/NBII.Gov; © AMNH; Sun, courtesy of NOAA; whales, courtesy of NOAA; biodiversity collage of life, © AMNH.