Шешімі: Global Warming Text Gaps

Read the text and fill in gaps A–F with the parts of sentences numbered 1–7. One part is extra.

Global warming

Global warming is a hot topic these days. The debate over global warming has been going on all around the world. While few people consider it as the biggest challenge of all times, others think of it as a climate shift A __________ that has continued since then. Understanding global warming and its impact is important to meet the challenges posed by it.

The actual warming of temperature is something scientists say they can document, B __________ the change and effect of atmospheric gases on the Earth’s environment. The sea level is rising in a lot of areas of the world. This is partially attributed to the melting of ice caps and glaciers, C __________ contained within the sea. In the past decade, the global sea level rise has doubled compared to the 20th-century one.

The rise in the number of vehicles D __________ getting trapped in the atmosphere. The increased heat in the atmosphere from greenhouse gas emissions has been absorbed by the oceans. There are over 50 years of documented temperature records for the oceans E __________ since 1969.

Glaciers are so sensitive to temperature changes F __________ global warming. The glaciers on several mountain ranges, particularly in Greenland and Antarctica, are decreasing in size due to the lack of gases to maintain the region’s climate. This is the case almost everywhere around the world.