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Future Earth

With its finite resources, Earth’s seven billion inhabitants need some big ideas to continue to flourish. Learn about the cool solutions innovators are creating to help our global population – projected to be nine billion by 2050 – survive and thrive on a continuously changing planet.

Science on a Sphere
Science on a Sphere

This six-foot diameter globe uses video projectors to display planetary data. It’s an unforgettable demonstration of changes to our planet.

Future Earth Pinball
Energy Pinball

Send a pinball rolling through two different systems and see how creative re-use of energy could dramatically reduce our total energy consumption.

Future Earth Lights
Can You Keep the Lights On?

In fracture-critical human systems, catastrophic failure can occur when just one element fails. Build a resilient power grid that can survive a lightning strike!

For Educators

Related Academic Standards

Location: Level 3

Future Earth is funded by the National Science Foundation, with support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the University of Minnesota's National Center for Earth‐surface Dynamics.

Exhibits & Galleries

Dinosaurs & Fossils

Dinosaurs & Fossils

Experiment Gallery

Experiment Gallery

The Human Body Gallery

The Human Body Gallery

The Mississippi River Gallery

The Mississippi River Gallery

Native American Exhibition

Native American Exhibition

RACE: Are We So Different?

RACE: Are We So Different?

Sportsology graphic of a man kicking a soccer ball.

Sportsology

Weighing the Evidence

Weighing the Evidence

Adults look through glasses to see the world through an infants eyes

Wonder Years

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