FINAL TEST SOLUTION
Juan Camilo Vélez Taborda
Reading Course - Cohorte 22
UDEM 2020
Field of stud: Environment
Length of the text: one page
Reading Material: Greenland and Antarctica ice loss accelerating
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment51846468?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c4y3wxdx24nt/our-planetmatters&link_location=live-reporting-story
1. Terminological dragging: keywords of the text, synonyms or definitions
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ICE
Synonyms: Frodt.
Definitions: a degree or state of coldness that is enough to cause the freezing of water.
Greenland
Synonyms: North Pole.
Definitions: a self-governing island belonging to Denmark, located NE of North America:
the largest island in the world.
Antarctica
Synonyms: South Pole
Definitions: the continent surrounding the South Pole: almost entirely covered by an ice
sheet.
Accelerating
Synonyms: speed up.
Definitions: to cause faster or greater activity, development, progress, advancement,
etc.
Loss
Synonyms: mislaying.
Definitions: the act of losing possession of something.
Warming
Synonyms: warm-up.
Definitions: of or at a moderately high temperature; characterized by comparatively
high temperature.
Poles
Synonyms: shaft.
Definitions: each of the ends of the axis of the earth or of any rounded body.
IMBIE
Synonyms: No information.
Definitions: Ice Sheet Mass Balance Intercomparison Exercise.
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IPCC
Synonyms: No information.
Definitions: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Flooding
Synonyms: overflow.
Definitions: a great flowing or overflowing of water, esp. over land not usually
submerged.
Climate
Synonyms: weather
Definitions: the general weather conditions of a region, averaged over a series of years.
Change
Synonyms: transform.
Definitions: the act of changing or the result of being changed.
2. Summary of the article “Greenland and Antarctica ice loss accelerating” in English based on
the WH-Questions.
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What? the poles lost 6.4 trillion tonnes of ice in the period from 1992 to 2017. The ice sheets
contribute about a third of all sea-level rise. it is estimated that the sea level will rise by
approximately 70 cm, which would generate 400 million people at risk of coastal flooding
Where? Greenland, Antarctica and coastal areas
When? actually
Who? Ice Sheet Mass Balance Intercomparison Exercise (IMBIE).
Why? Earth's great ice sheets, are now losing mass six times faster than they were in the
1990s thanks to warming conditions
How? the southern polar ice sheet's losses come from the melting effects of warmer ocean
water attacking its edges. The northern polar ice sheet feels a similar sort of assault but is
also experiencing surface melt from warmer air temperatures.
Summary
Project researchers Ice Sheet Mass Balance Intercomparison Exercise (IMBIE), conducted in
Greenland and Antarctica, they Indicate that the poles lost 6.4 trillion tonnes of ice in the period
from 1992 to 2017. They also determined thatthe ice sheets contribute about a third of all sea-level
rise. it is estimated that the sea level will rise by approximately 70 cm, which would generate 400
million people at risk of coastal flooding. Because, Earth's great ice sheets, are now losing mass six
times faster than they were in the 1990s thanks to warming conditions. Greenland and Antarctica
are responding to climate change in slightly different ways. the southern polar ice sheet's losses
come from the melting effects of warmer ocean water attacking its edges. The northern polar ice
sheet feels a similar sort of assault but is also experiencing surface melt from warmer air
temperatures.
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