A World of Family Fun in Bremerhaven, Germany
I made a face at the picture in front of me. “What does a Sardinian butterfly have to do with climate change?” In an instant, my cousin and I had shrunk down to the size of an insect. We wandered through towering grass, next to other bug-sized museum goers, trying to find an explanation. My cousin pointed to an abandoned soda can, at least twice our size. After stepping through a hole in the side, we found ourselves in a small room with a glowing computer screen. A sign below the screen read “Can the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Sardinia cause a hurricane in the Caribbean?” It then explained how small changes in humidity or atmospheric pressure at a point in Central America would affect the weather all the way in the Mediterranean. I stared at changing weather patterns on the screen for a moment. “The Butterfly Effect,” I said to myself, finally understanding. “And we are back to normal size,” my cousin said. Relieved and eager for the next discovery, we started towards the exhibit ...