Climate Change- Western Europe
1. Rosenthal, Elisabeth. "As Earth Warms Up, Tropical Virus Moves to Italy." The
New York Times, December 23, 2007.
In this news paper article, it has been said that there was a tropical virus in Italy due to the warm weather they have been having; this virus is known as chikungunya. This virus causes high fever, exhaustion, and excruciating bone pain. Everyone was pointing fingers and blaming the recent immigrants from tropical Africa because they all thought they were the ones who brought the virus to Italy, but what they did not know was because the temperature in Italy were increasing and becoming warmer, it attracted tiger mosquitoes, which carried the virus and spread through out Italy. The tiger mosquitoes are also spreading to France and Switzerland. Climate change does not only affect the glaciers in Greenland and being extra hot in the summer, it affects the health of people as well.
This is a reliable, media source because New York times keeps up with the world and even though this source was from a few years ago it still is happening in Europe today.
(Kirsten Yi)
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