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From the Ted Talk by Angelicque White: What ocean microbes reveal about the changing climate

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Now, in my research, and really in the field of microbial onepcghraaoy as a whole, there's a theme that has emerged, and that theme is "change." These microbial ecosystems are cnnagihg in real and measurable ways, and it is not that hard to see it. Oceans cover 70 percent of our planet, so ocean change is planetary change, and it all starts with microbes.

Now, I have two vignettes to share with you, and these are meant to be love stories to mecrobis. But I'll be hosnet that there's an aspect of it that's just a toatl bmmuer, and, beware, focus on the love. Right? That's where I'm coming from.

Open Cloze


Now, in my research, and really in the field of microbial ____________ as a whole, there's a theme that has emerged, and that theme is "change." These microbial ecosystems are ________ in real and measurable ways, and it is not that hard to see it. Oceans cover 70 percent of our planet, so ocean change is planetary change, and it all starts with microbes.

Now, I have two vignettes to share with you, and these are meant to be love stories to ________. But I'll be ______ that there's an aspect of it that's just a _____ ______, and, beware, focus on the love. Right? That's where I'm coming from.

Solution


  1. honest
  2. bummer
  3. total
  4. changing
  5. microbes
  6. oceanography

Original Text


Now, in my research, and really in the field of microbial oceanography as a whole, there's a theme that has emerged, and that theme is "change." These microbial ecosystems are changing in real and measurable ways, and it is not that hard to see it. Oceans cover 70 percent of our planet, so ocean change is planetary change, and it all starts with microbes.

Now, I have two vignettes to share with you, and these are meant to be love stories to microbes. But I'll be honest that there's an aspect of it that's just a total bummer, and, beware, focus on the love. Right? That's where I'm coming from.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
harmful algal 6
time series 6
algal blooms 5
carbon dioxide 4
open ocean 3
pacific ocean 2
food web 2
modern climate 2
climate record 2
station aloha 2
water column 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
harmful algal blooms 5
modern climate record 2

Important Words


  1. aspect
  2. beware
  3. bummer
  4. change
  5. changing
  6. coming
  7. cover
  8. ecosystems
  9. emerged
  10. field
  11. focus
  12. hard
  13. honest
  14. love
  15. meant
  16. measurable
  17. microbes
  18. microbial
  19. ocean
  20. oceanography
  21. oceans
  22. percent
  23. planet
  24. planetary
  25. real
  26. research
  27. share
  28. starts
  29. stories
  30. theme
  31. total
  32. vignettes
  33. ways