What about supply? The three environmental trends—the shortage of fresh water, the loss of topsoil and the rising temperatures—are making it increasingly hard to expand the world's grain supply fast enough to keep up with demand.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文
However, we have already reached temperatures that are inlinewith other minimum-ice periods, so continued warming is likely not natural.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
Global temperatures affect the rate of economic development.
出自-2011年6月阅读原文
Placed in an insulated (隔绝的) case and surrounded by a quarter-inch-thick panels of stainless steel, the boxes can withstand massive force and temperatures up to 2,000℉.
出自-2010年6月阅读原文
Wow, with the museums and restaurants in Washington, I'd be happy here no matter what the temperature.
出自-2010年12月听力原文
The extensive data sources, combined with computer simulations, created a timeline of ocean temperature changes, including cooling from volcanic outbreaks and warming from fossil fuel emissions.
2016年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A
The researchers gathered 150 years of ocean temperature data in order to get a better picture of heat absorption from surface to seabed.
2016年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A
They gathered together temperature readings collected by everything from a 19th century voyage of British naval ships to modern automated ocean probes.
2016年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A
While sleeping, their body temperature drops, and their heart beat slows down.
2017年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C
it is unfair to those climate-vulnerable nationsit aims to keep temperature rise below 2 ℃ onlyit is beneficial to only fewer than 4% of countriesit burdens developed countries with the sole responsibilityThey needn't worry about the food and water they consume.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文
Then there is Antarctic's remoteness, with some mineral deposits found in windswept locations on a continent that is larger than Europe and where winter temperatures hover around minus 55 degrees Celsius.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文
The goal of keeping global temperature rise well below 2 ℃ is commendable but the emissions-reduction pledges submitted by countries leading up to the Paris talks are very unlikely to deliver on this.
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Some scientists believe that the rise in carbon levels means that the Amazon and other rain forests in Asia and Africa may go from being assets in the battle against rising temperatures to liabilities.
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Trees need more water as temperatures rise, but the prolonged droughts have robbed them of moisture, making whole forests easily cleared of trees and turned into farmland
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The picture worsens with each round of El Nino, the unusually warm currents in the Pacific Ocean that drive up temperatures and invariably presage (预示) droughts and fires in the rain forest.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
It was a method of refrigeration which rolls from his work in low temperature physics.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
For the same reason, he placed the chairs close to each other and raised the temperature to a slightly uncomfortable level
出自-2013年12月听力原文
He distinguished himself in low temperature physics.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
He has had his truck adapted for cold temperatures.
出自-2010年12月听力原文
It melted at temperatures a bit higher than those of today
出自-2010年12月听力原文
For us it'll have to operate for long periods of time in very cold temperatures.
出自-2010年12月听力原文
million years, a period when global temperatures probably were not significantly higher than they are today
出自-2010年12月听力原文
"In theory," says Vallentine, "this can create a high enough temperature to generate super-heated steam.
2018年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C
During the Arctic winter from October to March, the average temperature in the frozen north typically hovers around minus 20degrees Celsius.
2018年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B
When a tree first starts growing in a certain area, it's likely that the 27 climatic envelope—the temperature, humidity, rainfall patterns and so on—suits it.
2016年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A
However, the last such increase in temperature took place two years ago.
2018年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B
Online security cameras, intelligent lighting and a wealth of sensors that control both temperature and air quality are offering an unprecedented level of control, efficiency, and improvements to what were once classed necessary costs when running a busin
2017年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
The robots are equipped with many sensors to identify conditions of the environment, cattle and food, using thermal and vision sensors that detect changes in body temperature.
2018年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
Weather conditions that drive this bizarre temperature surge have visited the Arctic before.
2018年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B
Frozen bananas will last several weeks, depending on their ripeness and the temperature of the freezer.
2018年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
I learned that a fish is a cold-blooded animal and therefore is very sensitive to water temperature.
2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
If he didn't, his body temperature would get very low, which could quickly kill him.
2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
If those island nations not far above sea level are to survive, the maximum temperature rise, since the start of the industrial age, should be 0.
2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 题设
Last year was the warmest year on record, with global temperature 0.
2015年高考英语重庆卷 单项填空 原文
Summer has not even started yet, but temperatures have reached 40 degrees centigrade in the past three days.
2017年高考英语江苏卷 听力 原文
The baseline here is average global temperature before the start of the industrial age.
2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
This cycle goes day after day: the walls warm up during the day and cool off during the night and are thus always a timely offset for the outside temperatures.
2015年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文
This is how much temperatures have risen since the industrial age began, putting US 40% of the way to the 2℃ point.
2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
This is how much temperatures would rise by 2100 even if nations live up to the initial Paris promises to reduce carbon emissions; this rise could still put coastal cities under water and drive over half of all species to extinction.
2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
This is the most ambitious goal for temperature rise set by the Paris agreement, after a push by low-lying island nations like Kiribati, which say limiting temperature rise to ?
2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
Tomorrow will start off dry and bright in most areas, with temperatures slightly above normal for this time of year.
2016年高考英语浙江卷(10月) 听力 原文
While spain as a whole is heating up quickly, temperatures near the greenhouses have decreased.
2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文