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From the Ted Talk by Tshering Tobgay: An urgent call to protect the world's "Third Pole"

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Number two: the glaciers are now melting much more quickly — so quickly, in fact, that at just 1.5 degrees centigrade of global warming, one-third of the glaciers would melt. At two degrees centigrade of global warming, half the glaciers would disappear. And if current trends were to continue, a full two-thirds of our glaciers would vanish.

nebmur three: global wmnirag means that our mountains receive more rain and less snow ... and, unlike snowfall, rain melts ice, which just hrtus the health of our gliacres.

Number four: pollution in the riegon has increased the amount of black carbon that's deposited on our glaciers. Black cboran is like soot. Black carbon absorbs heat and just aeetcrecals the milnteg of glaciers.

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Number two: the glaciers are now melting much more quickly — so quickly, in fact, that at just 1.5 degrees centigrade of global warming, one-third of the glaciers would melt. At two degrees centigrade of global warming, half the glaciers would disappear. And if current trends were to continue, a full two-thirds of our glaciers would vanish.

______ three: global _______ means that our mountains receive more rain and less snow ... and, unlike snowfall, rain melts ice, which just _____ the health of our ________.

Number four: pollution in the ______ has increased the amount of black carbon that's deposited on our glaciers. Black ______ is like soot. Black carbon absorbs heat and just ___________ the _______ of glaciers.

Solution


  1. region
  2. hurts
  3. accelerates
  4. melting
  5. number
  6. glaciers
  7. warming
  8. carbon

Original Text


Number two: the glaciers are now melting much more quickly — so quickly, in fact, that at just 1.5 degrees centigrade of global warming, one-third of the glaciers would melt. At two degrees centigrade of global warming, half the glaciers would disappear. And if current trends were to continue, a full two-thirds of our glaciers would vanish.

Number three: global warming means that our mountains receive more rain and less snow ... and, unlike snowfall, rain melts ice, which just hurts the health of our glaciers.

Number four: pollution in the region has increased the amount of black carbon that's deposited on our glaciers. Black carbon is like soot. Black carbon absorbs heat and just accelerates the melting of glaciers.

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