oldcowgirl said "I would like Greta Toonie or Al Gore to come and help with chores and thaw water fountains in this cold and explain "Global Warming".
How things change. I went to school in the seventies and we were learning that we were going back to the ice age. "
The proper terminology is "climate change", not "global warming". It specifically refers to regional or global changes in climate patterns. It does not exclusively refer to everything just suddenly getting warmer (though it is on average).
Here's a resource for you to learn more:
https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/