環境問題読本⑫~現代社会・地学・生物・化学の4教科にまたがり、国語・英語でも取り上げられる学際的テーマ、それが「環境問題」です。
12、環境問題に関する英文②
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Scientists have recently reported that the polar ice is melting, due to a rise in atmospheric temperatures known as the “Greenhouse Effect.” According to Melvin Calvin, who won a Nobel Prize for earlier research, the carbon dioxide given off when coal and oil are burned is accumulating in the atmosphere and causing temperatures to rise. As a result, the ice covering the North and South Poles is melting and may eventually lead to a rise in sea levels which could flood many areas of the world, including New York, London and Tokyo.
The “Greenhouse Effect” is just one of many fundamental changes which are taking place in the environment. Tropical rain forests which too
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