The Environment –Meio ambiente
Olá
pessoal que calor é esse , já pensou quando voltar ás aulas com a nova farda ,
estamos frios . Se cuidem !
The consequences of global
warming
Climate
change has caused great natural disasters all over the planet. If nothing is
done, these problems could get even worse over the next few decades .
Hurricanes,
storms, droughts. These have always existed, irrespective of climate change.
However, these natural phenomena have become more intense with global warming.
In recent years, the Caribbean,
the USA and Mexico have been struck by massively powerful tornadoes.
Icecaps are melting in the planet’s coldest regions. In Brazil, the south and southeast regions have been
battered by rainstorms and cyclones. Dozens of cities have been flooded. These
are just a few examples of the greenhouse effect on the planet’s climate. And
things could get worse in the next few decades. A study carried out by IPCC (a
group of specialists from around the world) has concluded that the planet could
see its temperature rise by 3 degrees by the end of the century. This would be
enough to make massive natural disasters commonplace all over the world.
Gloomy
outlook
According
to the IPCC’s forecasts, by 2020 between 75 and 200 million people in Africa could be suffering from water shortages. Agricultural
production and access to food will be impacted. Amazonia is at risk. Studies by IPCC and INPE say that in the
next few decades the lush Amazonian forest could become a savannah (typical of
the vegetation in Africa). And the
northeast of Brazil could become a real wasteland.
Vocabulary
1 gloomy – sombrio
2 outlook – cenário / previsão / visão de mundo
3 hurricane – furacão
4 storm – tempestade
5 drought - seca
6 irrespective – independente
7 icecap –
geleira
8 to melt – derreter
9 to be
battered – ser atingido
fortemente
10 rainstorms – chuvas intensas / tempestades
11 commonplace – rotina (virar rotina)
12 forecast – previsão
13 shortage – escassez
14 lush - exuberante
15 wasteland – deserto / lugar sem vida
