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The planet is getting lusher, and we are responsible. Carbon dioxide generated by human activity is stimulating photosynthesis (
The planet is getting lusher, and we are responsible. Carbon dioxide generated by human activity is stimulating photosynthesis (
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2017-11-08
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问题
The planet is getting lusher, and we are responsible. Carbon dioxide generated by human activity is stimulating photosynthesis (光合作用) and causing a beneficial greening of the Earth’s surface. For the first time, researchers claim to have shown that the increase in plant cover is due to this "CO
2
fertilization effect" rather than other causes. However, it remains unclear whether the effect can counter any negative consequences of global warming, such as the spread of deserts.
Recent satellite studies have shown that the planet is harboring more vegetation overall, but pinning down the cause has been difficult. Factors such as higher temperatures, extra rainfall, and an increase in atmospheric CO
2
—which helps plants use water more efficiently—could all be boosting vegetation. To home in on the effect of CO
2
, Randall Donohue of Australia’s national research institute, the CSIRO in Canberra, monitored vegetation at the edges of deserts in Australia, southern Africa, the US Southwest, North Africa, the Middle East and central Asia. These are regions where there is ample warmth and sunlight, but only just enough rainfall for vegetation to grow, so any change in plant cover must be the result of a change in rainfall patterns or CO
2
levels, or both.
If CO
2
levels were constant, then the amount of vegetation per unit of rainfall ought to be constant, too. However, the team found that this figure rose by 11 per cent in these areas between 1982 and 2010, mirroring the rise in CO
2
( Geophysical Research Letters, doi. org/mqx). Donohue says this lends "strong support" to the idea that CO
2
fertilization drove the greening.
Climate change studies have predicted that many dry areas will get drier and that some deserts will expand. Donohue’s findings make this less certain. However, the greening effect may not apply to the world’s driest regions. Beth Newingham of the University of Idaho, Moscow, recently published the result of a 10-year experiment involving a greenhouse set up in the Mojave Desert of Nevada. She found "no sustained increase in biomass" when extra CO
2
was pumped into the greenhouse. "You cannot assume that all these deserts respond the same," she says. "Enough water needs to be present for the plants to respond at all."
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
选项
A、CO
2
fertilization effect can counter the negative consequences of global warming.
B、Donohue’s findings are not in line with the idea that many dry areas will get drier and that some deserts will expand.
C、Beth Newingham found that greening effect will be applicable to desert regions.
D、Only CO
2
fertilization can drive the greening.
答案
B
解析
该题需要通读全文,A选项可以定位至文章第一段末句However,it remains unclear whether the effect can counter any negative consequences of global warming,such as the spread of deserts,二氧化碳施肥效应能否反驳全球变暖带来的不利影响还未得到确定,所以A选项排除。B选项可以定位至文章最后一段Climate change studies have predicted that many dry areas will get drier and that some deserts will expand.Donohue’s findings make this less certain,该句指出Donohue的发现使许多干旱地区将会变得更加干燥,沙漠的面积也将进一步扩大的预测受到质疑,因此B选项符合,in line with意为“与……相符”。C选项也需要定位至文章最后一段,You cannot assume that all these deserts respond the same也就是说这种绿化效应不是对所有沙漠地区都适用,所以C是错误的。D选项语气比较强烈,文章在第二段指出higher temperatures,extra rainfall也有利于植被生长,所以D也不对。
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