Very cool. Love when people chip in and do stuff out of love, rather than making the government do all the heavy lifting.
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > > http://news.discovery.com/earth/global-warming/skating-rinks-monitor-climate-change-130129.htm > > Skating Rinks Monitor Climate Change > Jan 29, 2013 03:32 PM ET // by Sheila M. Eldred > > In the latest citizen science venture, backyard ice skaters are > monitoring climate change in Canada and the northern United States. > > After Canadian scientists predicted that global warming will > eventually be the demise of backyard skating rinks, a group of > geographers at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo created > RinkWatch. In just 20 days, 630 volunteers signed up to keep tabs on > the condition of their home rinks. > > > Just as birders have provided scientists with information on sitings, > the researchers say the map will be a scientifically useful database > for Canadas changing winters. And, its free. > > Its a story about nature, climate change, backyard skating, the > weather thats just gravy for Canadians, project leader Robert > McLeman told The Ottawa Citizen. > > The perfect skating temperature, McLeman says, is 23 degrees > Fahrenheit. When he moved to Waterloo, McLeman started wondering why > skating rinks shouldnt be measured along with the ice on lakes and > rivers. > > But even he was surprised by the enthusiastic response, which caused > the server to crash twice in the first week after RinkWatch launched. > He added a forum for regular RinkWatchers to get acquainted. Now > participants are trading tips for surviving climate change and using > squeegees to smooth out bumps in rinks. > > Phot > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361489 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
