Over the past week, we have been able to understand how climate change continuous to affect our earth. While it was very interesting to see our own temperature record here at State College, it is also intriguing to learn how the climate change is affecting other parts of the world. In the article “Argentina Scrambles to Fight Biggest Plague of Locusts in 60 Years” by Jonathan Gilbert, it is explained how climate change has reached the country and has affected the farmers.

While there is little research on the topic, Diego Quiroga, the agriculture agency’s chief of vegetative protection, has warned his country about climate change effects and spoke the United Nations agency about the disaster. Mr. Quiroga warned the UN that climate change would affect Argentina, as well as other countries in Africa, as it will worsen the locust plagues. On the other hand, Paola Carrizo, a professor of agronomy at the University of Buenos Aires, argues that there is no prove that climate change is directly connected to the plague. Ms. Carrizo believes the plague has been caused due to the insufficient pest control by Senasa (the government’s agricultural inspection agency).

Similarly to my blog post last week, when Bolivians blame their government for the evaporation of their second largest lake, the citizens of Argentina have blame the former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Many argue that Fernández continued to disregard the warnings and as a consequence Argentina faces the worst plague explosion in the last 60 years that Mr. Quiroga deems impossible to eradicate. It is very disappointing to see that there seems to be a theme of governments around the world disregarding environmental issues.

Gilbert, Jonathan. “Argentina Scrambles to Fight Biggest Plague of Locusts in 60 Years.” The New York Times. The New York Times, 25 Jan. 2016. Web. 31 Jan. 2016.