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The study found that the Earth is currently warmer than almost any time in the last 11,300 years since the end of the last ice age. By compiling data from ice cores, fossils, and ocean sediments, the study provides a longer global temperature overview than previous research. It further shows that modern global warming is caused by rising carbon dioxide emissions since the Industrial Revolution began 250 years ago, not natural factors. Scientists predict that increased greenhouse gases will prevent another ice age and that the temperature will increase an additional 2 to 11.5 degrees by the end of the century if emissions continue.

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Reading Comprehension

The study found that the Earth is currently warmer than almost any time in the last 11,300 years since the end of the last ice age. By compiling data from ice cores, fossils, and ocean sediments, the study provides a longer global temperature overview than previous research. It further shows that modern global warming is caused by rising carbon dioxide emissions since the Industrial Revolution began 250 years ago, not natural factors. Scientists predict that increased greenhouse gases will prevent another ice age and that the temperature will increase an additional 2 to 11.5 degrees by the end of the century if emissions continue.

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READING COMPREHENSION

Earth's Temperatures

The world is now warmer than at almost any time since the end of the last
ice age and, on present trends, will continue to reach a record high for the entire
period since the dawn of civilisation, a study has found.
The study published in the journal Science, aims to give a global overview
of Earth's temperatures over the past 11,300 years - a relatively balmy period
known as the Holocene that began after the last major ice age ended and
encompasses all of recorded human civilization.
Their data (compiled by studying such things as ice cores, fossils and ocean
sentiment) looked back over a much longer era than previous research, which went
back 1,500 years.
Scientists say it is further evidence that modern-day global warming isn't
natural, but the result of rising carbon dioxide emissions that have rapidly grown
since the Industrial Revolution began roughly 250 years ago. Scientists say that if
natural factors were still governing the climate, the Northern Hemisphere would
probably be destined to freeze over again in several thousand years. Instead,
scientists believe the enormous increase in greenhouse gases caused by
industrialization will almost certainly prevent that.
Shaun Marcott, a geologist at Oregon State University, says "global
temperatures are warmer than about 75 percent of anything we've seen over the last
11,000 years or so." The other way to look at that is, 25 percent of the time since
the last ice age, it's been warmer than now.
It's taken just 100 years for the average temperature to change by 1.3
degrees, when it took 5,000 years to do that before. By the end of the century,
climate warming models predict an additional increase of 2 to 11.5 degrees, due
largely to carbon emissions, the study noted.

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Now answer these questions:


1 - 'Dawn' in this text means:
Heat
Sunrise
Earth
Beginning

2 - 'Balmy' means:
Cold
Warm
Hot
Cool

3 - True or false: this study looks at a longer than usual time-period.


False
True

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4 - The Earth's temperature has increased quickly since:


The Holocene
1,500 years ago
The Industrial Revolution
The Northern Hemisphere

5 - 'Prevent' means:
Slow
Complete
Stop
Encourage

6 - True or false: Scientist predict the earth will freeze over because of increased greenhouse
gases.
True
False

7 - True or false: The temperature will increase by 1.3 degrees in the next 100 years.

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True
False

8 - This article could be described as a ___ look at the future.


Optimistic
Pessimistic

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