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1、阅读与读写练讲义:帝企鹅可能在21世纪末消失-高考英语阅读二轮复习备考帝企鹅可能在21世纪末消失帝企鹅是地球现存19种企鹅中最大的,其形态特征是脖子底下有一片橙黄色羽毛,向下逐渐变淡,耳朵后部最深。冬季它们在南极严寒的冰上繁殖后代,而如今气候变暖对它们带来了巨大的威胁Emperor penguins are the largest of the 19 penguin species. “The Emperor penguin is certainly the most iconic of the penguin species,” said Dyan deNapoli, penguin exp
2、ert and author of The Great Penguin Rescue. “It is the most visually impressive of the penguin species, and is very well? Known by millions of people, who fell in love with the species after seeing the award? Winning documentary, March of the Penguins.” Emperor penguins are also the hardiest penguin
3、 species: They live on the coldest, driest, and windiest place on the planet and breed during the harsh Antarctic winter, when the temperatures can drop to 100 degrees F and the winds can blow 100 mph.Despite all that, a new study predicts that if climate change continues, most Emperor penguins may
4、disappear by the end of the century. “If global climate keeps warming at the current rate, we expect Emperor penguins in Antarctica to experience an 86 percent decline by the year 2100,” said Stephanie Jenouvrier, a lead author on the paper that was published in Global Change Biology. “At that point
5、, it is very unlikely for them to bounce back.” Jenouvrier and a team of researchers created a global climate model that forecasts when and where sea ice forms and a model of penguin populations to see how colonies may respond to varying sea ice in future climate footprints. However, if countries me
6、et the objectives of the Paris Agreement, Emperor penguins would decline by a less drastic 31 percent.As with most of the penguin species on Earth today, the number one threat to their survival is global warming. Both poles (the Arctic and the Antarctic) have experienced the greatest increases in te
7、mperatures over the last 50 years, notes DE Napoli. The second threat to most penguin species today is the overfishing of their food supplies.DE Napoli notes that there has been a decrease in the amount of sea ice formation in the regions of Antarctica where some Emperor penguins establish colonies
8、to breed and raise their babies. “Many Emperor penguins breed on ice shelves that only form during the Antarctic winter. There have been times in recent years when the ice shelves have melted back faster or sooner than usual. Many of the babies havent completely fledged into their waterproof feather
9、s by the time the ice melts back to the colony, and they are forced into the cold ocean waters, where they die of cold exposure or drowning,” said DE Napoli. Another thing that less sea ice definitely affects is food for the penguins. “One of their food sources is krill, and the sea?ice shelves serv
10、e as a nursery for the krill. The krill larvae feed on the algae that grow on the underside of the sea ice. When there is less sea ice, fewer krill are produced,” DE Napoli explained.“People can donate to organizations that are working to protect Emperor penguins and other penguin species, and our o
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