Weekly Climate Change News 4th Edition

           4th Climate Change News

 Plastic in the ocean is a BIG problem in the WORLD not only in the United Kingdom.100 MILLION MARINE ANIMALS ARE KILLED EACH YEAR maybe because 11 million tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean every year killing lots of animals as they cannot recognise what this strange material is. Here is some Climate Change News.....

A group of scientists have said lockdown has no effect on the global temperature.This is sad as most of us did think it would make a big effect as there has been less travel on aeroplanes and cars.Newsround said that the scientists ''new study suggests that by 2030, global temperatures will only be 0.01 Celsius (C) lower than expected.'' Here is a video in Newsround of a scientist answering young people's questions-Newsround answer young people's questions😃😃

2010-2020 were the hottest ever years recoreded.Last year the Australia fires caused great fires and it was thought that a billion speicies died.Newsround looked into the Australia fires and looked into life after the fires.Here is the videoLife after the fires in Australia.

A new study suggest wooly rhinos became extinct because of Climate Change.This is devistating as we would be ab;le to see them today if it had not been for the greenhouse gas emissions and plastic us humans are using.Wooly Rhinos lived 14000 years ago.WOW!!!These animals are very furry and lived Northen Asia and Europe.Wooly rhinos have a large hump on there backs and adapted to colder climates.Here is more on Newsround-Wooly Rhinos and why did they dissapear?-From Newsround

An amazing charity -Cool Earth

Cool Earth is a rainforest resilliance fund.They work in places like Cambodia and Cameroon.They are trying to stop deforestation and help people who call the forets their home.They have three main things they want to do

• KEEP RAINFORESTS INTACT
• ENSURE EVERYONE HAS A SAY
• EVERYTHING WE LEARN,WE SHARE

Here is their website where you can donate if you want to-Cool Earth's Website

Climate Change Quiz(answers at the bottom)

1. Why did Wooly Rhinos become extinct?
2. What is Cool Earth?
3. Where did Wolly Rhinos live?
4. How many tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean each year?
5. Which country had many fires?
6. Did lockdown affect Climate Change?
7. What is Cool Earth trying to stop?
8. How many years old are Wooly Rhinos?
9. Cool Earth is a _______________ fund.(Complete the sentence)
10. What are the names of the places that Cool Earth work in?

Here are some top tips of what to do when going to do the supermarket!

• Use reusable tins to purchase meat
• Use cloth bags instead of plastic ones
• Look for things in jars
• Instead of buying individual things buy one big thing of it like yogurt
• Buy bigger bags of things like pasta or rice

When you go back to school you might need a packed lunch so why not make it plastic free?

You could put...

• a cloth napkin
• A banana
• A meat free sandwich wrapped in beeswax paper
• a nice treat stored ina reusable container
• yogurt in a jar with a spoon from your house
• a nice drink in a reusable bottle

  Now thats a perfect lunch!!!!

Answers to quiz

1. Because of Climate Change
2. A charity trying to stop climate change
3. Europe or Northen Asia
4. 11 million
5. Australia
6. NO
7. deforestation
8. 14000
9. resilliance
10. Cambodia or Cameroon

How many did you get right?

Post in the comments underneath and maybe we will include you in an article!!!

Have a great day and i hope you enjoyed reading this weeks news!!

FRom Norah