Climate Change Requires The World’s Attention

There is little doubt that Earth     1    (get) warmer and warmer. In 2013, a lot of people were shocked by a news photo of a dead polar bear which appeared to have starved and died. This     2    (alarm) case showed how the increase in temperature had an impact     3    Earth’s ecology.

Climate scientists often mention a key climate process     4    (call) the “greenhouse effect”,     5    has two common meanings. Without the “natural” greenhouse effect, Earth could not sustain life. However, the “man-made” greenhouse effect has now become a big problem because more heat energy     6    (trap) in the atmosphere, causing Earth’s surface temperature to rise quickly.

There is strong and comprehensive evidence that the rise in temperature has led to an increase in extreme weather and     7    (nature) disasters worldwide, not only causing serious damage, but also costing human lives. Climate scientists have warned that if we do not take appropriate actions, this warming trend will     8    (probable) continue and there will be a higher price     9    (pay).

Governments need to consider making policies and taking appropriate actions and measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We as individuals can also reduce our “carbon footprint”. It is our     10    (responsible) to seize every opportunity to educate everyone about global warming, along with its causes and impacts.

In 2013, a lot of people were shocked by a news photo of a dead polar bear that     1     (find) on Norway’s Arctic island of Svalbard, far from its habitat. All that remained of the poor bear were “skin and bones”. Experts claimed that low sea ice levels     2     (cause) by climate change meant the bear could not hunt seals as before, so it had to travel greater distances in order to find food. This     3     (alarm) case showed how the increase in temperature had an impact on Earth’s ecology.