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From the Ted Talk by Selina Neirok Leem: Climate change isn't a distant threat -- it's our reality
Unscramble the Blue Letters
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________ are rebuilt as soon as it’s low tide, only to be broken down again by the waves that grow higher each year. And these waves, their path continues on into the islands, bringing with it garbage we’ve thrown into it. You see the ______ of your loved ones _________ in water, littered. Then the vegetation starts to brown; it is dying. The soil becomes salinated. You pray the ______ trees hold on for their _____ are needed to prevent further erosion.
In the most effected parts of the lands, the land has _________, coming closer and closer to the road each year. Our driest part of the year happens within this time period, too. We are unable to use ___________ well because it becomes saltier as well. In the capital, Majuro, once per week, _____ is dispensed and my neighbors and I fill up our tanks, our water catchments, our bottles and our _______. Our __________ has had to declare a state of national emergency, calling for help from our _______.
Solution
- graves
- government
- bigger
- friends
- seawalls
- buckets
- regressed
- submerged
- groundwater
- roots
- water
Original Text
Seawalls are rebuilt as soon as it’s low tide, only to be broken down again by the waves that grow higher each year. And these waves, their path continues on into the islands, bringing with it garbage we’ve thrown into it. You see the graves of your loved ones submerged in water, littered. Then the vegetation starts to brown; it is dying. The soil becomes salinated. You pray the bigger trees hold on for their roots are needed to prevent further erosion.
In the most effected parts of the lands, the land has regressed, coming closer and closer to the road each year. Our driest part of the year happens within this time period, too. We are unable to use groundwater well because it becomes saltier as well. In the capital, Majuro, once per week, water is dispensed and my neighbors and I fill up our tanks, our water catchments, our bottles and our buckets. Our government has had to declare a state of national emergency, calling for help from our friends.
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