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    The sun heats the Earth which sends energy into Space. Radiation stays in the atmosphere. It warms the atmosphere and the Earth. Methane and commercial oil and gas from landfills cause damage to the surface. Burning fossil fuels has made the problem bigger.

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    The sun heats the Earth which sends energy into Space. Radiation stays in the atmosphere. It warms the atmosphere and the Earth. Methane and commercial oil and gas from landfills cause damage to the surface. Burning fossil fuels has made the problem bigger.

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    Climate Change

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    The sun heats the Earth which sends energy into Space. Radiation stays in the atmosphere. It warms the atmosphere and the Earth. Methane and commercial oil and gas from landfills cause damage to the surface. Burning fossil fuels has made the problem bigger.

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    CLIMATECHANGEAUDIOSCRIPT

    Aradiotalkaboutclimatechange. Optionalexercise
    Readthesenotesthatastudenthastakenwhilelisteningtotheradioprogramme.Identifyandcorrectthreeerrors. (Answersbelow) 1. GreenhouseEffect:ThesunheatstheEarthwhichsendsenergyintoSpace.Radiationstaysinthe atmosphere.ItwarmstheatmosphereandtheEarth. 2. MethaneandcommercialoilandgasfromlandfillscausedamagetotheEarthssurface. 3. Burningfossilfuelshasmadetheproblembigger. 4. Theformationofnewoceanscouldslowdownglobalwarming. 5. Globalwarmingwillcauseworldwideproblemssimultaneously.

    Interviewer means?

    DoctorGrant,couldyouexplaininafewwordswhatTheGreenhouseEffectactually

    DoctorGrant Well,insimpleterms...thesunheatstheEarthssurfaceandtheEarthradiatesenergybackoutinto Space.Someoftheradiationgetstrappedintheatmospherebygreenhousegases.Thistrappedradiationwarmsthe atmosphereandsomeofitgoesbackdowntotheEarth,makingithotterthannormal.Thisisthegreenhouseeffect. Interviewer So,iscarbondioxidetheproblem?

    DoctorGrant Yes...andothergasestoo.Methane...beingreleasedfrompaddyfileds....commercialoilandgasfrom landfills...vegetationlefttorotwithoutoxygen... Thesedaystherearemoregreenhousegasesthaneverbecauseof humanactivitiesandespeciallytheburningoffossilfuels. Interviewer Whatkindofproblemsdoscientistsforesee?

    DoctorGrant Well,icecapsmeltingandsealevelsrisingmeanthateventuallycitieslikeLondon,NewYork,Sydney andTokyowillbesubmerged.Thisisdifficulttoimagineofcourse. Interviewer Itseemsincredible...nowonderscientistsareworried.

    DoctorGrant Well,somescientistsareoptimistic.Theybelievethatpositivefeedbacksfromicecloudsandtheirwater vapourcouldhaveanimpactonglobalwarming.Otherscientistsaremoresceptical.Theysuspectthatwehavebeenwrong inourinitialanalysesofthesituationandmightneedtogobacktothedrawingboard! Interviewer SoareyousayingthatsomescientistsdontbelieveintheGreenhouseEffect?

    DoctorGrant No,Iwouldntgothatfar.Infact,withouttheGreenhouseEffecttheplanetwouldbefrozenandnolife formswouldexist. Interviewer Isthereanythingthatcouldprotectusfromglobalwarming?

    DoctorGrant Imgladyouaskedmethat.Yes!Volcanoes!Whenavolcanoeruptsitthrowsdebrisupintothe stratosphere.ThisprotectstheEarthfromsolarenergybyscatteringthesunlight. Interviewer Ofcoursethebestthingthatwecandoistoaddresstheproblemseriouslyonaworldlevel.Thatswhere theKyotoTreatyentersthepicture.Ifallofthegovernmentsintheworldwouldcommitthemselvestomakingarealeffortto worktogetheronthisissue,wemightbeabletoslowdowntheprocessandworkoutasolution. DoctorGrant So...howworrieddoweneedtobe?

    Interviewer Thatdepends.Firstofallglobalwarmingisntgoingtoaffectallareasoftheplanettothesamedegree. Thingslikethecollapseofglacierstakehundredsofyearssowearetalkingaboutaslowprocesshere. DoctorGrant Interviewer Slowenoughforustodosomethingtopreventacatastrophe? Well...letshopeso!

    Answers 1.Correct2.Incorrect:Methaneandcommercialoilandgasfromlandfillscausedamagetotheatmosphere. 3.Correct 4.Incorrect:Theformationoficecloudscouldslowdownglobalwarming. 5.Incorrect:Globalwarmingisntgoingtoaffectallareasofthe planettothesamedegree.

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