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EarthX Website: https://earthxmedia.com/   How the citizen science project, RinkWatch, helps track climate change and the shifting seasons—in your own backyard.   This clip comes from "Ice & Fire: Tracking Canada's Climate Crisis."   About "Ice & Fire: Tracking Canada's Climate Crisis:"  Earth is at a tipping point. A group of scientists finds shocking changes across North America, helping us survive the climate emergency. Goodbye backyard ice rinks, glaciers, and forest biodiversity: here's what Canada might lose to climate change.    Watch "Ice & Fire: Tracking Canada's Climate Crisis" Mondays and Tuesdays on EarthX.    EarthX  Love Our Planet.  The Official Network of Earth Day.    About Us:  At EarthX, we believe our planet is a pretty special place. The people, landscapes, and critters are likely unique to the entire universe, so we consider ourselves lucky to be here. We are committed to protecting the environment by inspiring conservation and sustainability, and our programming along with our range of expert hosts support this mission. We’re glad you’re with us.     EarthX is a media company dedicated to inspiring people to care about the planet. We take an omni channel approach to reach audiences of every age through its robust 24/7 linear channel distributed across cable and FAST outlets, along with dynamic, solution oriented short form content on social and digital platforms. EarthX is home to original series, documentaries and snackable content that offer sustainable solutions to environmental challenges. EarthX is the only network that delivers entertaining and inspiring topics that impact and inspire our lives on climate and sustainability.       EarthX Website: https://earthxmedia.com/    Follow Us:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/earthxtv/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/earthxtv  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/earthxtv      How to watch:   United States:   - Spectrum  - AT&T U-verse (1267)  - DIRECTV (267)  - Philo  - FuboTV  - Plex  - Fire TV   #EarthDay #Environment #Sustainability #Eco-friendly #Conservation #EarthxTV #EarthX

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00:00Watch out!

00:03This is our 7th year of building an outdoor rink and this has definitely been our most

00:07challenging year.

00:09Winter got started a lot later and so normally we are end of November for getting on the

00:14ice and this was mid to late December and this year we didn't get to skate once over

00:19the Christmas holidays.

00:20That was nice!

00:21So we'll zoom in a little bit here, problem is it's so cold the iPad's not working so

00:26well anymore, it's starting to freeze up.

00:29In 2013, McLemon founded Rink Watch.

00:33It's a way of communicating climate science to public looking for explanations as to the

00:39sort of how and why and what does it matter.

00:43I saw that they were tracking data of how many skateable days there are for you and

00:47your rink in the winter and how that is trending less and less every year and I just found

00:52that fascinating so I jumped on board.

00:55Rink Watch is a citizen science project and we invited people from across North America

00:59who have backyard rinks to visit our website and pin the location on our interactive map

01:04and then report skating conditions to us throughout the winter.

01:07It's Zach here in Waterloo, Ontario.

01:10As you can see here on December the 3rd, just the boards, no ice.

01:15We were just hoping for cold temperatures and then we can get the season started.

01:19And we are waiting for snow.

01:21We've had over, I'd say 1,400, 1,500 people participate so far from across North America.

01:29Their reports allowed climate science to predict how many skating days might exist for various

01:34regions, 75 years into the future.

01:38It shows an alarming trend.

01:41What we're going to see is that the skating season, that's going to shrink by about 30

01:45to 40% between now and the end of the century.

01:48The Rink Watch study helps with awareness.

01:51It helps with data collection.

01:54It helps with the human element of being able to make a difference, which is critically

02:00important to us as individuals, as families, as communities.

02:05Being able to mobilize people through citizen science, I think also gives us agency as communities

02:11and individuals to say, okay, I see this is happening.

02:16How can I be part of the solution to addressing this?

02:21My grandmother skated on this river.

02:31This would have been in the 1930s and 40s, so she would have been five to 10 years old.

02:38The river froze very hard.

02:41It did in those days when I was younger.

02:45Now that doesn't freeze at all.

02:48It was close and just across the road from my house.

02:52And I just go down the cow field, which we tobogganed down and went out onto the river.

02:59I never heard of anybody falling in.

03:02As I look at this river, I can see my grandmother in her early childhood skating on it.

03:08And it is, it's quite emotional for me, actually.

03:14Sorry.

03:15Sorry.

03:17Sorry.

03:22Skate towards the net.

03:23Go, bud.

03:24Climate change scares me in the sense that my husband and I are providing this amazing

03:29Canadian experience.

03:31And it's scary to me if my kids can't provide that same experience for their kids.

03:38It's real.

03:39It's happening.

03:40It will have impacts.

03:41They're small now, but they will accumulate over time.

03:44So if you need a practical reason why we should take action to stop climate change, look in

03:50your own backyard.

03:51There's a good place to start thinking about it.

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