I was struggling to think of something to write this week, but as I was researching topics I came across something very interesting. As climate change starts to cause melting in the Arctic, the native communities there, such as the Inuit, have been noticing more illnesses. This is happening to many of the worlds tribal communities, not just the Inuit. This is because most of them live in areas where the effects are seen first and they spend more time with the environment which is being affected. These communities feel at one with the land and its resources, so even if they did have the technology that the rest of the world has to deal with these changes, they would choose to live their tradition way if possible (such as drinking brook water rather that treated water). This is causing waterborne diseases within these communities to skyrocket. So, when the topic of climate change arises, it is our duty to think not only about us (those who have the technology to get around the effects of the heating of the earth), but to also take into account these groups who traditionally live off the land and are being the most affected. They were not the ones who caused these problems, we did. Yet they are the ones bearing them for us already. Scientists often state that when we see a "4°C change" in temperatures, climate change disasters will start taking place. We don't realize, though, that these communities in the Arctic have already seen that 4° drop.