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There are hidden factors which scientists call "feedback mechanisms" . No one knows quite how they will interact with the changi
There are hidden factors which scientists call "feedback mechanisms" . No one knows quite how they will interact with the changi
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2013-01-30
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There are hidden factors which scientists call "feedback mechanisms" . No one knows quite how they will interact with the changing climate. Here s one example: plants and animals adapt to climate change over centuries. At the current estimate of half a degree centigrade of warming per decade, vegetation may not keep up. Climatologist James Hansen predicts climate zones will shift toward the poles by 50 to 75 kilometers a year—faster than trees can naturally migrate. Species that find themselves in an unfamiliar environment will die. The 1 000-kilometer-wide strip of forest running through Canada, Russia, and Scandinavia could be cut by half. Millions of dying trees would soon lead to massive forest fires, releasing tons of C02 and further boosting global warming.
There are dozens of other possible "feedback mechanisms" . Higher temperatures will fuel condensation and increase cloudiness, which may actually damp down global warming. Others, like the "albedo" effect is the amount of solar energy reflected by the earth’ s surface. As northern ice and snow melts and the darker sea and land pokes through, more heat will be absorbed, adding to the global temperature increase.
Even if we were to magically stop all greenhouse-gas emissions tomorrow, the impact on global climate would continue for decades. Delay will simply make the problem worse. The fact is that some of us are doing quite well the way things are. In the developed world prosperity has been built on 150 years of cheap fossil fuels.
Material progress has been linked to energy consumption. Today 75 percent of all the world’ s energy is consumed by a quarter of the world s population. The average rich-world resident adds about 3.2 tons of C02 yearly to the atmosphere, more than four times the level added by each Third World citizen. The US, with just seven percent of the global population, is responsible for 22 percent of global warming.
It can be inferred from the passage that_____.
选项
A、the developing world has decided to increase its energy consumption
B、a third-world citizen adds less than a ton of C02 yearly to the atmosphere
C、the world climate would soon gain its balance if we stopped greenhouse gas emissions
D、future prosperity of the world is dependent on cheap fossil fuels
答案
B
解析
文章最后一段第三句话说“The average rich-world resident adds about 3.2 tons of CO2 yearly to the atmosphere,more than four times the level added by each Third World citizen.”,这说明B正确。文中没有提到A;C和D与文章的意思不符。
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