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Shrinking ice, fewer bears, no skiing, no Gretzkys

People often talk about climate change in the future tense. But global warming is happening now.

Consider what’s happening in the Arctic, where scientists find a quarter of the ice is gone, maybe never to return. Polar bears are threatened because without ice, they can’t survive. Some female bears can’t achieve the mass they need to make baby bears.

In the west, bigger, hotter forest fires destroy millions of trees, burning so intensely that the forests can’t come back. People who fight those fires say as much as half the western forests in the United States could be lost forever.

And there are signs closer to home, too. Canada’s cold, we think, so maybe an extra degree or two wouldn’t be so bad. Complaining about the cold and knowing how to have fun when it’s frosty are both part of who we are as Canadians. Add a couple of degrees to winter temperatures and you can forget skiing. Backyard rinks like the kind Wayne Gretzky learned to skate on will be just a memory. Winter sports are another reason to shrink your carbon footprint.

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