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Islands that could disappear in your lifetime
Island vacations are dreams for many tourists, but climate change has lifted ocean temperatures, raised sea levels and worsened storm severity. As a result, some islands are threatened and could disappear in the coming decades.
Federal States of Micronesia
2019 Population: 112,640
The average rate of sea-level rise worldwide has been 3.1 mm per year since 1993. But the rate around Federated States of Micronesia is three times faster. The country is at risk of disappearing because of coastal flooding, erosion, and frequent storms.
Tuvalu
2019 Population: 11,508.
Tuvalu is a small chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean. For more than 25 years, its representatives have raised alarms that climate change could raise sea levels enough to flood the islands. Even if waters never get that high, Tuvalu could still become uninhabitable as rising sea levels have polluted the nation's groundwater resources with salt.
Marshall Islands
2019 Population: 58413
Residents of Marshall Islands, a chain of volcanic islands and coral atolls in the central Pacific Ocean, have known for years that they have to either build new artificial islands to relocate or raise the existing ones.
Shishmaref Alaska
2019 Population: 617
In 2016, people living in Shishmaref, Alaska, located near the Bering Strait, voted to relocate before melting icc and land erosion would forced them to. Alaska had granted die city $8 million toward the move, but officials say it will cost S200 million.
56. The sea level around Federal States of Micronesia is rising as much as______or so a year.
A. 1.1 mm B. 3.1 mm C. 6.6 mm D. 9.3 mm
57. Which island has been granted some funds to relocate by the state government?
A. Federal States of Micronesia B. Tuvalu
C. Marshall Islands D. Shishmaref
阅读理解答案解析
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56.D。由The average rate of sea-level rise worldwide has been 3.1 mm per year since 1993. But the rate around Federated States of Micronesia is three times faster.可知。
57.D。由Alaska had granted the city $8 million toward the move, but officials say it will cost $200 million.可知。
Islands that could disappear in your lifetime
Island vacations are dreams for many tourists, but climate change has lifted ocean temperatures, raised sea levels and worsened storm severity. As a result, some islands are threatened and could disappear in the coming decades.
Federal States of Micronesia
2019 Population: 112,640
The average rate of sea-level rise worldwide has been 3.1 mm per year since 1993. But the rate around Federated States of Micronesia is three times faster. The country is at risk of disappearing because of coastal flooding, erosion, and frequent storms.
Tuvalu
2019 Population: 11,508.
Tuvalu is a small chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean. For more than 25 years, its representatives have raised alarms that climate change could raise sea levels enough to flood the islands. Even if waters never get that high, Tuvalu could still become uninhabitable as rising sea levels have polluted the nation's groundwater resources with salt.
Marshall Islands
2019 Population: 58413
Residents of Marshall Islands, a chain of volcanic islands and coral atolls in the central Pacific Ocean, have known for years that they have to either build new artificial islands to relocate or raise the existing ones.
Shishmaref Alaska
2019 Population: 617
In 2016, people living in Shishmaref, Alaska, located near the Bering Strait, voted to relocate before melting icc and land erosion would forced them to. Alaska had granted die city $8 million toward the move, but officials say it will cost S200 million.
56. The sea level around Federal States of Micronesia is rising as much as______or so a year.
A. 1.1 mm B. 3.1 mm C. 6.6 mm D. 9.3 mm
57. Which island has been granted some funds to relocate by the state government?
A. Federal States of Micronesia B. Tuvalu
C. Marshall Islands D. Shishmaref
阅读理解答案解析
A篇
56.D。由The average rate of sea-level rise worldwide has been 3.1 mm per year since 1993. But the rate around Federated States of Micronesia is three times faster.可知。
57.D。由Alaska had granted the city $8 million toward the move, but officials say it will cost $200 million.可知。
