Changement climatique

Spécimen de corail cérébral sur fond blanc

Un porte-parole pour donner de l'espoir en matière de changement climatique

Au ROM, nous savons que des changements climatiques sont en cours. Nous en avons vu leurs effets dans les recherches sur le terrain et en laboratoire, dans les données d'études scientifiques, dans l'évolution des paramètres des expéditions sur le terrain et bien ailleurs encore.

Dans une démarche audacieuse, le Musée s'est donc engagé à partager les connaissances et les concepts provenant de la recherche, des études, des données probantes et d'autres éléments factuels afin de contribuer à la sensibilisation aux répercussions du changement climatique et, en 2021, il a accueilli dans ses rangs Soren Brothers (Ph. D.), le premier conservateur en changement climatique Allan et Helaine Shiff.

Grâce à notre programmation, aux expositions, aux mises à jour de nos galeries, aux programmes scolaires et pour les jeunes enfants et à des mises à jour régulières de notre équipe chargée du changement climatique, nous invitons à l'exploration et à la découverte des changements climatiques, de la manière dont nous affectons et sommes affectés par ces changements, et les gestes- grands et petits - que nous pouvons poser afin de contribuer à donner de l'espoir face au changement climatique.

Arial view still of Crawford Lake taken from video

Exhibitions

Visit special exhibitions, like Crawford Lake: Layers in Time, and BEES: A Story of Survival, that tell stories of our effect on the world around us.

Climate change and habitat destruction are just two factors contributing to species extinction. Learn about species that are threatened or have disappeared because of human influence – some of them from our own back yard.

Galleries

Learn more in galleries like Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity, the Willner Madge Gallery: Dawn of Life, the Critical Minerals, Critical Choices installation in the Teck Suite of Galleries, and others, about the changing planet and our relationship with the natural world.

Engage

Take a guided Climate Change, Climate Hope tour, or pick up a Climate Change Hike the ROM during your Museum visit. Be sure to sign up for our enewsletter and be the first to learn about upcoming programs and events.

Wide view of a modern arched pedestrian bridge spanning a body of water, with cyclists crossing beneath a curved white canopy supported by vertical cables, set against a city landscape and pale blue sky in warm evening light.

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"I Hope People Will Take a Look at Their Connection to Clothing ... and maybe realize that they don't need to buy more". Noelle Hamlyn's Lifers installation at ROM asks us to mend our relationship with dressing up.

Climate Futures And Rising Waters - Learn how the global textile and fast fashion industry plays a major role in climate change, social justice, water quality, and the environment.

Reading Nature's Record - The history of Crawford Lake reveals how environmental changes and human action influence the history our planet holds.

Climate Tips - Faced with multiple global tipping points, scientists are considering new ways of thinking and acting.

The Dawn of the Anthropocene - Sediment core from Crawford Lake shows evidence of how humans have substantially altered the Earth over a short period of time. Could it define the beginning of a new epoch in our world's history?

What Gives ROM’s Climate Change Project Coordinator Hope? - Former Coordinator, Sarah Kamau, on ROM’s green future and the little things that make a big difference.

Innovating Indian Chintz in the Face of Changing Environmental Conditions - The contemporary search for sustainable cotton, colour, and design.

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For Good: Designing Cities for the Anthropocene

Tree stump with a smooth, light-colored cut top and twisted, textured roots and grain, photographed on a white background with a soft shadow.

2026 Vaughan Lecture: Ancient Niagara: Preserving Thousands of Years of Climate Records at ROM

Celebrate the importance of local ecology with the new acquisition, by ROM, of materials associated with the Niagara Escarpment Ancient Tree Atlas Project Archive (NEATAP). Consisting of tree samples from the ancient cedar forests of the Niagara Escarpment cliffs, this archive will support future cutting-edge research on the climatic and ecological history of this region.

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Weird and Wonderful Bees of the World

Soren Brothers devant la construction d'un nouveau pont à Toronto, Ontario

Nous pouvons arrêter de parler du changement climatique

Nous aimons parler du changement climatique. Mais il est parfois difficile de l'évoquer dans les conversations. Et s'il existait un moyen de parler du changement climatique sans en parler ?

Spécimen minéral brut et irrégulier avec des formations cristallines turquoise et blanches, représenté à côté d'une échelle de 5 cm.

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L'ère du plastique - Comment les plastiques modifient la géologie de notre planète

Explorez comment les plastiques sont devenus une caractéristique de l'Anthropocène - la période au cours de laquelle les humains ont eu un impact substantiel sur notre planète - et une partie permanente de la géologie de la Terre. La chercheuse Veronica Di Cecco nous invite à explorer les plastiglomérats - des roches composées de grains sédimentaires et d'autres débris naturels - tous maintenus ensemble par du plastique. Grâce à cette recherche, nous pouvons commencer à comprendre le rôle que jouent aujourd'hui les plastiques dans les écosystèmes du monde entier. Sous la houlette de Soren

Image du projet Port Lands de la ville de Toronto. Avec l'aimable autorisation de V. Ingelvics, R. Walker.

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Our Changing Port Lands - Documenting Toronto's Journey to Climate Resiliency (Nos terrains portuaires en mutation - documenter le voyage de Toronto vers la résilience climatique)

Les artistes Vid Ingelevics et Ryan Walker ont passé des années à créer un dossier photographique des changements survenus dans ce coin de la ville, en faisant la chronique des changements importants survenus dans le cadre de la revitalisation en cours des Port Lands de Toronto.

For these curators, climate change is personal - ROM’s curators on fast fashion, fieldwork, and sustainability.

Noelle Hamlyn: Lifers - Noelle Hamlyn speaks with Soren Brothers about the inspiration and motivation behind the Lifers exhibition.

Curator Conversations: Fast Fashion: Perspectives from Future Textile Leaders - Former ROM curator, Alexandra Palmer, chats with two emerging fashion industry experts about how they view the fashion industry’s responsibility towards society and the environment, and their thoughts on the future of sustainable fashion.

Curator Conversations: Sustainability for Healthier Oceans - Soren Brothers speaks with Samantha Renshaw of Ocean Wise Seafood about the small but meaningful ways individuals can make a difference to the world’s marine environments.

Curator Conversations: Reframing the Climate Crisis - Drawing on her interdisciplinary research and personal stories, climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe speaks with ROM curator Soren Brothers as she makes the case for hope and healing as we face the greatest existential crisis in humanity’s history.

Curator Conversations: Climate Change Comedy - Experience how comedy bridges the gap between science and public audiences with ROM curator Soren Brothers and guest Rollie Williams.

Climate Change Literature - Balancing Anxiety and Optimism for Multi-Generational Audiences - Soren Brothers speaks with authors Chris Turner (How to be a Climate Optimist) and Mary-Lou Zeitoun (Jamilah at the End of the World) as they explore the use of literature to engage with the impacts of climate change.

Curators in Conversation: Lessons from the Past on Climate Change and Our Future - What can we learn from our past that will help us prepare for the enormous changes caused by the climate crisis?

Curator Conversations: Sustainable Fashion for a Greener World - With the future of planet Earth at stake, former ROM Curator, Alexandra Palmer, speaks with fashion insider Sarah Jay on her work to encourage both industry and consumers to shift their behaviour toward more positive social and environmental impacts.

Dr. Soren Brothers

Allan and Helaine Shiff Curator of Climate Change

In 2021, ROM welcomed its first Curator focussed on climate change. Born and raised in southern Ontario, Soren holds degrees in Biology and a PhD in Limnology (magna cum laude). As a limnologist (one who studies inland aquatic ecosystems, like our own Great Lakes) he researches the effects of climate change on lakes, and how they can help us better understand and predict global climate change "tipping points". He believes we are entering a moment of positive ecological awareness - a new tipping point - where constructive change will keep us moving forward, restoring more balance to our planet's ecosystems.

De l'éducation des visiteurs à la nomination du Dr Soren Brothers en passant par des travaux écologiques essentiels sur le terrain, le ROM se bat pour changer le discours sur le changement climatique. Mais pour gagner, nous avons besoin de votre aide. Envisagez de faire un don aujourd'hui - et aidez-nous à écrire le prochain chapitre sur le changement climatique. Contactez-nous à l'adresse giving@rom.on.ca.