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Canada: Rinkwatchers and citizen climate science
2013-02-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Living on Earth: Backyard skating rinks are as common in Canada as basketball hoops in the United States. But now, global warming is threatening this Canadian tradition. In response, a group of scientists has started a website called Rinkwatch.org. Living on Earth's Emmett FitzGerald reports on this effort to turn backyard skaters into citizen scientists and make climate change relevant to every day Canadians. Transcript CURWOOD: And now, some Canadian scientists are turning skaters like those into citizen...
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