5/4/3/2/1 NOTES # 2

5) *In 1995, more than 2,000 scientists from 100 countries reported to the United Nations that our burning of oil, coal and natural gas is changing the Earth's climate at a very big rate compared to the last centuries.

*The average of the U.S temperatures will rise by five to 10 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the 21st century, according to the experts on the topic.

*Until the mid 1970's, the planet had been warming by one degree F per century. This is a rate in which most ecosystems can adapt, but for the last 20 years, Earth has instead been warming by four degrees F per century.

*The New York Times published that many people from Mozambique has attributed the destruction in their country, such as the storms to the global warming, a fact not yet confirmed by scientists.

*Many people argues that the big quantities of CO2 are favorable to the plants, however it is scientifically proved that the excess of this gas causes diseases to the plants, attracts insects and fires.

4) *Why doesn't the government apply strict laws to punish any environmental damage done by humans?

*Is the New York Times against the opinion of the people of Mozambique?

*Why in a certain period of time, the Earth has become more overheated than any other period of time?

*How is coal make and how do the miners take it out of the coalmines?

3)*Spurt: to erupt.

*Skeptic: disbeliever.

*Flatten: to knock over.

*Subsequently: consequently.

2) *Abbreviations: the author has constantly used many abbreviations throughout the reading. For example the contraction of the Carbon Dioxide becomes CO2 and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change becomes IPCC, as some other words.
It is maybe because he wanted to save paper or he was lazy to keep writing the big names, or also because he wants us to know better scientific and academic abbreviations.

*Statistics: at this point, the writer has used two graphs to teach or let us know better information about the main topic. Such graphs are referring to the enormous rate of temperature change throughout the decades and also showing the growth of the CO2 accumulation.

1) Point of View number three shows the different opinions of global warming around the world. For instance, it show us an article that the New York Times has published, in which the believes of the Mozambique people about global warming are being debated. Also in Point of View number three, using two graphs shows statistics. One of them showing the rising of the global temperatures along the decades. The other showing the accumulation of CO2 that every time becomes bigger. Besides, other type of statistics are shown, this statistics are called the written statistics.