Opening "Watercourses and Climate of Luxembourg Over Time"
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Opening of the new exhibition "Watercourses and Climate of Luxembourg Over Time". Floods and droughts are among the most serious natural disasters in the world today - and the repeated failure of modern societies to effectively anticipate these dangers is often due to the neglect of a look into the past. Instrumental measurements generally cover only the last 200 to 300 years and therefore provide an incomplete picture of climate changes. These data gaps can lead to major errors in judgment - as clearly shown by the catastrophic floods of the nearby Ahr River in 2021. Indeed, while statistical models considered the event extremely rare - once every 2,000 to 10,000 years – reconstructions based on models and historical water traces show that comparable floods have already occurred in 1804 and 1910. The temporary exhibition "Watercourses and Climate of Luxembourg Over Time" sheds light on this issue using historical instruments, documents, and meteorological and climatic records dating back over 175 years, offering a unique opportunity to discover the evolution of watercourses and climate measures in Luxembourg. From the first rudimentary devices, where values were manually recorded, to mechanical instruments that automatically recorded weather and water level variations, the exhibition traces the history of meteorology and advancements in climate research. By combining historical and prospective approaches, the exhibition invites us to discover the importance of historical sources for understanding current and future climatic phenomena. It thus opens new perspectives on the challenges and opportunities of a rapidly changing world. This exhibition is the result of collaboration between the Section des Sciences de l'Institut grand-ducal, the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), and the National Museum of Natural History of Luxembourg. It follows the joint publication "Contribution à la climatologie du Luxembourg. Historic analyses, future scenarios" (2005) that the museum published with the former Gabriel Lippmann Research Center (now LIST).
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Collaboration between the Section des Sciences de l'Institut grand-ducal, the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), and the National Museum of Natural History of Luxembourg.
Automatically translated from French.
Where does it take place?
National Museum of Military History (MNHM) Asbl
25 Rue Münster
2160 Grund Luxembourg
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