2016-2017学年高中英语 Unit 4 Global warming课件 新人教版选修6.pptVIP

Record high readings of CO2 raise concern 据测定，大气的二氧化碳浓度日均值于今年5月初达到了400 ppm，这是人类历史上的最高纪录。 According to Pieter Tans，a researcher at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration，the last time the earth reached this high a level of CO2 was about 2 million years ago.During this time the earth was much warmer.Greenland was actually green，consisting of forest instead of ice and the sea levels were at least 33－66 feet higher. So how important is this number which happens to be a daily figure？Its importance is to warn us that unless something extreme is done soon to change this trend，things c