气候变化英语文章.doc

Weather surrounds us all the time. We need to choose which clothes I need to wear depend on the weather. Earth’s mild climate even ensures that we can grow food and enjoy a happy life. In a word, weather influences our life deeply. Climate change means a big change in the world’s climate and describes the process by which the overcall climate moves from one average to a new average. The climate has changed a lot. 20,000 years ago was the last Ice Age. Nowadays, the climate of earth is changing because of us. The effects of climate change also are happening to the world’s rain. A lot of areas often happened long droughts, big floods, strong winds and storms. Many people were killed and lost their family. The extreme weather is happening more often than before because of climate change. For example, the average temperature has risen 1.2 degrees in January from 2010 to 2013 and the highest temperature even get to 45.7 degrees in Adelaide. Climate data for Adelaide (Kent Town, 1977–2013) Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high °C (°F) 45.7(114.3) 44.3(111.7) 41.9(107.4) 36.9(98.4) 29.2(84.6) 25.4(77.7) 23.1(73.6) 30.4(86.7) 34.3(93.7) 39.0(102.2) 43.0(109.4) 42.5(108.5) 45.7(114.3) Average high °C (°F) 29.3(84.7) 29.4(84.9) 26.4(79.5) 22.7(72.9) 18.9(66) 16.1(61) 15.3(59.5) 16.6(61.9) 19.0(66.2) 21.8(71.2) 25.2(77.4) 27.0(80.6) 22.3(72.1) Average low °C (°F) 17.1(62.8) 17.2(63) 15.3(59.5) 12.4(54.3) 10.2(50.4) 8.1(46.6) 7.5(45.5) 8.2(46.8) 9.7(49.5) 11.5(52.7) 14.1(57.4) 15.6(60.1) 12.2(54) Record low °C (°F) 9.2(48.6) 9.5(49.1) 7.2(45) 4.3(39.7) 1.5(34.7) ?0.4(31.3) 0.4(32.7) 1.6(34.9) 2.6(36.7) 4.7(40.5) 5.3(41.5) 8.0(46.4) ?0.4(31.3) Rainfall mm (inches) 19.0(0.748) 13.5(0.531) 27.2(1.071) 39.6(1.559) 59.9(2.358) 79.3(3.122) 75.9(2.988) 69.2(2.724) 58.7(2.311) 42.8(1.685) 30.2(1.189) 28.6(1.126) 544.9(21.453) Avg.?rainy days?(≥ 0.2 mm) 4.4 3.6 5.8 8.0 12.1 14