STOP Climate   Change!!!

While some tropical environments are getting hotter and more barren, others are becoming increasingly hot and moist.  This is becoming concerning for health experts, as the disease – West Nile virus – commonly transferred in mosquitos is becoming more and more easily transferred.  It thrives in tropical environments, and as parts of the world become more tropical in terrain, this also means that it will be spread more and more easily between continents and regions, infecting people on an international scale – and not regional.

 

Internationally, developed countries are producing far too much air pollutant and toxins from industrial processes.  Just look at China – the air quality in cities are poor, with smog floating like a cloud just slightly above the civilians’ heads. Climate change will intensify the smog in the air, increasing the amount of air pollution and making it harder to live a normal lifestyle for all civilians – but more especially the old and the young.  This increase in air pollution will also affect those suffering under asthma.

 

As some areas get hotter, it will become more easy to spread lice, bacteria, and microorganisms that hitch themselves on animals and plants as a parasite. 

Furthermore, in warmer environments, certain plants are able to thrive better and produce in higher numbers. In today’s world, globalization connects us together, and so it is becoming an easier and easier task to spread infectious bacteria, fungus, or weeds to regions across the globe.  This has happened before, and will continue to happen as long as climate change turns more and more regions warmer and warmer, thus creating suitable living conditions:

• A case of tropical fungus was found in Vancouver Island in 2002.  52 people were injured with one fatality. 

• A series of droughts, followed by heavy rain, created a spike in deer mice, which carried hantavirus.