Outlines
Here, we will help you by providing an outline of each of the texts in the source material and we will help you better understand the different aspects, issues and opinions regarding the topic of climate change.
'Chasing Ice': Time-Lapse Cameras Capture Rapidly Melting Glaciers
Author: ABC News
Genre: Video
Year of Publication: 2012
Text 1 is a video which represents a news report about climate change published on the website of ABC News in 2012. The text focuses on the opinions of two experts regarding climate change. First, we see the city of Juneau, Alaska, where a nature photographer and geo-morphologist is trying to show the world that climate change is real.
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Obama to unveil tougher climate change plan
Author: Reuters
Genre: Video/Article
Year of Publication: 2015
Text 2 was published in 2015 on the Reuters website and it focuses on then-President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan.
President Barack Obama’s proposal involves cutting carbon emissions from coal-powered companies.
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How technology is fighting to prevent a climate-change apocalypse
Author: Dominic Basulto
Genre: Article
Year of Publication: 2014
Text 3 was written by Dominic Basulto and published in 2014 on the website of The Washington Post. The text’s main purpose is to show what Silicon Valley (the home of several high-tech companies) and other innovators in the tech sector can do to slow down or even combat climate change.
First, many of the Silicon Valley companies have focused on finding a cheap, reliable and mainly carbon-free energy source. For now, only a few companies have found ways to power themselves with solar,...
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Climate change: How do we know?
Author: NASA
Genre: Article
Text 4 is published on NASA’s website and it offers the public several pieces of evidence regarding the reality of climate change.
First, the text contains a graph that shows how the carbon emissions in the atmosphere have increased over the years, especially after the 1950s. Even though there have been changes in the...
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Selected photos from: Planned curbs in greenhouse gas emissions won't prevent global warming 'danger limit' being reached, warns report
Author: The Independent
Genre: Photos
Year of Publication: 2015
Text 5 presents a selection of photos taken from the article “Planned curbs in greenhouse gas emissions won't prevent global warming 'danger limit' being reached, warns report” written by Steve Connor and published on the website of British newspaper The Independent in 2015. Here is what each picture depicts:
- Picture 1: melting icebergs. In the foreground, we see the remains of an iceberg, while in the background, all we can see are pieces of floating ice.
- Picture 2: sea level rise. In the foreground, we see rising waves and sea foam, while in the background we can see several skyscrapers dangerously close to the water.
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