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• Melting glaciersMelting glaciers• PermafrostPermafrost• BiodiversityBiodiversity• Global warmingGlobal warming• BibliographyBibliography

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• The ice cap and the glaciers that flow from it are disappearing fast.

• Kilimanjaro is a striking symbol of global warming

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• The permafrost that holds together the slopes of some of Europe's highest mountain ranges is melting

• Temperatures in rock and mud in the Swiss Alps have increased

• Permafrost is a layer of earth of a few inches below the surface that is normally permanently frozen

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• Introduction “Biodiversity”

• The biodiversity found on Earth today consists of many millions of distinct biological species

• Biodiversity is not distributed evenly on Earth

• 99.9 percent of species are now extinct

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• Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of Earth's near-surface air

• An increase in global temperature will cause sea levels to rise and will change the amount and pattern of precipitation

• Warming is expected to be strongest in the Arctic

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•Climate change, Fred Pearce,1th September 2006

•http://www.newscientist.com/ (last access 05-2010)

•http://www.time.com/(last access 05-2010)

•Animals under siege map for Time, by T. Bucher, Time, April 13, 2009

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Liceo Scientifico A. Oriani, RavennaLiceo Scientifico A. Oriani, Ravenna

School year: 2009-2010School year: 2009-2010

Interdisciplinary project: Interdisciplinary project: Man and the environment-Climate changes and endangered species

Subjects involved: English, I.T.Subjects involved: English, I.T.

Teachers involved: Prof.ssa E. SiboniTeachers involved: Prof.ssa E. Siboni

Class: 1°C PNIClass: 1°C PNI

Students involved: Carlo Masoli e Filippo MazzottiStudents involved: Carlo Masoli e Filippo Mazzotti

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