ARTICLE LINK: http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2014/10/01/climate_change_is_threatening_our_health.html
NEWSPAPER: ‘Climate change is threatening our health’
DATE: Oct 1st, 2014
SYNOPSIS: The main topic in this article is that climate change is a risk to our health. This is because floods are destroying and weakening our crops and putting humans in danger (major injuries). Heatwaves are another problem that humans are facing, especially elderly people. Scientists are trying their best to improve our knowledge of climate change and how it affects us. The root cause of climate change is pollutant in the air (carbon) because of our great use of fossil fuels. If the government and the media kept emphasising more that it’s bad to use fossil fuels and good to use more solar energy maybe we could stop the climate from changing so drastically.
REFLECTIVE QUESTION: Do you think that if the government and media kept addressing the issue about climate change and how bad fossil fuel is, would our society take the action into investing solar energy to help prevent climate from changing so drastically?