Module1DeepSouthPeriodOneIntroduction,ReadingandVocabulary课遂（桠研鼹选狍8，沔课标髯槟）.ppt

Polar-ice meltdown Some scientists warn that ice near the Earths Poles may indeed be melting.This “polar meltdown” may be the first sign that the Earth is heating up.We could be in very serious trouble if this trend continues.①It is estimated that a meltdown of as little as 10 percent of;Antarctica‘s ice would raise sea levels around the globe by 4 to 9 meters.Floods would cover low-lying regions and turn coastal cities like New York and New Orleans into real life underwater world. Scientists first predicted in the 1970s that heat trapped in the Earths