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Global warming

Global warming

We release CO2 pollution when we burn fossil fuels, we destroy vegetation when we clear forests to get land for farming or urban infrastructures, livestock amount grows and produces more methane. These are causes of global warming whose consequences we can see in the image.

Global warming

Consequences of global warming. Yolanda Varela. (CC-BY-NC-SA)

1. Choose the right word.
a. Rise in the levels
b. of polar ice caps
c. Natural resources
d. of species
e. Extreme weather

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Activity 2

2. Listen and write the phrases.
We have to protect the environment

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Activity 3

3. Read the statements and write which consequence of global warming they refer to.
a. Unexpected storms followed by periods of drought.

Where does CO2 go?

Where does the CO2 go? Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung. Flickr. (CC-BY)

b. Antarctica thaws rapidly.
c. Drying out of water holes and degradation of pasture areas.
d. Many beaches and coastal areas will be covered by water.
e. Bees and other insects are in danger of extinction.

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