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Melting glaciers
Permafrost
Biodiversity
Global warming
Bibliography
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• The ice cap and the
glaciers that flow from it
are disappearing fast.
• Kilimanjaro is a striking
symbol of global warming
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• The permafrost that holds
together the slopes of some of
Europe's highest mountain
ranges is melting
• Temperatures in rock and mud
in the Swiss Alps have
increased
• Permafrost is a layer of earth
of a few inches below the
surface that is normally
permanently frozen
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Introduction “Biodiversity”
The biodiversity found on Earth
today consists of many millions of
distinct biological species
Biodiversity is not distributed
evenly on Earth
99.9 percent of species are now
extinct
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Global warming is the increase in
the average temperature of
Earth's near-surface air
An increase in global temperature
will cause sea levels to rise and
will change the amount and
pattern of precipitation
Warming is expected to be
strongest in the Arctic
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•Climate change, Fred Pearce,1th September 2006
•http://www.newscientist.com/ (last access 05-2010)
•http://www.time.com/(last access 05-2010)
•Animals under siege map for Time, by T. Bucher,
Time, April 13, 2009
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Liceo Scientifico A. Oriani, Ravenna
School year: 2009-2010
Interdisciplinary project: Man and the environment-Climate
changes and endangered species
Subjects involved: English, I.T.
Teachers involved: Prof.ssa E. Siboni
Class: 1°C PNI
Students involved: Carlo Masoli e Filippo Mazzotti
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