A visitor is observing the specimens of a loggerhead sea turtle, a Bengal tiger, a Chinese sturgeon, etc.

On September 26, the "Powered by Nature - Powering the Future" Science and Art Exhibition was launched in the temporary exhibition hall of the National Natural History Museum of China. The exhibition displayed 42 specimens from the museum's collection, as well as eco-friendly artworks such as China's first spherical installation formed by mycelium, a kind of carbon-negative materials, through 3D painting, and the 3D-printed future-style furniture made of materials from waste seaweed.

A visitor is observing the installation artwork "Life State - Mycelium Symbiosis", created by the combination of 3D printing and carbon-negative mycelium. 

The artwork is made of bio-plastic while the mycelium helps break down the plastic. In the coming decades, this 3D-printed artwork will be decomposed by mycelium, creating a new ecological environment.

The "Climate Change" series of artworks by Alisa Singer is also on display, including more than 100 paintings based on climate-related data charts, maps, texts and numbers, conveying the scientific knowledge related to climate change to the public.

A piece of future clothing made from bacterial cellulose, a kind of bio-based materials.

The exhibition featured several interactive installations, allowing visitors to better understand the "dual-carbon" goals, low-carbon vision, and the concept of harmonious coexistence between human beings and nature.

Visitors are observing various specimens of algae from the collection of the National Natural History Museum of China.

Visitors are touching a rockery made of thermally sensitive materials causing it to change color as it is warmed up.

(Source: The Beijing News)