[GreenLantern2814]

The ice caps are melting. You can see it from photos.

They’re melting because there’s too much carbon in the atmosphere. This is preventing light from the sun from bouncing off the Earth and heading back into space, and it’s causing a “greenhouse effect”.

The ice caps, and by extension, the oceans, are what render the planet habitable. The ice caps reflect heat back into space. When they melt and add to the volume of the ocean, it allows the ocean to hold more heat. Which in turn melts more ice, which in turn lets the ocean hold more heat.

It’s not complicated (it is, but the fundamental mechanics are not). It’s not everything from an unending set of parameters and variables.

It’s barely junior high level science in the Calgary Catholic school district.

Disagree all you want about what to do about it, but don’t act like it’s not a friggen problem.

When I moved to Calgary 20 years ago, the ice on the outdoor rinks was pretty well permanent from mid-November on, and the mountains were snow covered year round.

Now, you’re lucky if you get a solid foundation of ice by Christmas. And the mountains spend every summer on fire.

I dunno. Seems like a problem.