Anthropocene is the name of a new geological epoch, define by our own massive impact on the planet. As wiki explains: "The term was coined by ecologist Eugene F. Stoermer but has been widely popularized by the Nobel Prize-winning atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen, who regards the influence of human behavior on the Earth's atmosphere in recent centuries as so significant as to constitute a new geological era"
Activities:
1.- Complete the following extracts from the video, by filling the gaps:
"....the great railways, then cars and highways ______________ people across ____ __________. Medical __________ saved millions of lifes, new artificial _________ meant we could always ________ more people.."
2.- Complete the gaps of this second extract:
3.- Find the definition of Anthropocene: (minute 2:00 aprox)
"We´ve entered Anthropocene: ____________________________________________________"
If you are interested on this subject and want to get further information, find the following links avaliable:
http://www.anthropocene.info/en/home (here you´ll fnd some pictures and explanations of the impact of Almeria greenhouses to the extent of cooling the atmosphere)
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/03/age-of-man/kolbert-text
Have fun and discover new things!
Your teacher
1.- Complete the following extracts from the video, by filling the gaps:
ResponderEliminar"....the great railways, then cars and highways connecting people across the globe. Medical discoveres saved millions of lifes, new artificial _________ meant we could always few more people.."
2.- Complete the gaps of this second extract:
"temperatures are increasing, we have made a hole in the ozone layer...."
3.- Find the definition of Anthropocene: (minute 2:00 aprox)
"We´ve entered Anthropocene: A new geological epoque dominated by himanity"
the last word is "humanity", sorry!!!=)
ResponderEliminarDear Aurora; well done!!
ResponderEliminarJust the gap you didn´t know " fertilizers"
and correct the spelling "epoch" instead of "epoque"; "discoveries" instead of "discoveres"
Perfect!!!
"...the great railways, then cars and highways CONNECTED people across THE GLOBE. Medical DISCOVERYS saved millions of lifes, new artificial ¿FERTILIZERS? meant we could always FEEL more people..."
ResponderEliminar"temperatures are increasing, we HAVE MADE a hole in the OZONE LAYER..."
"We´ve entered Anthropocene: A NEW GEOLOGICAL EPOQUE DOMINATED BY HUMANITY"
Dear Antonio...great!
Eliminarjust some remarks about the correct spelling of "discovey: singular"/ "discoveries: plural"
and...."epoch" instead of "epoque"
"feed" instead of "feel". Look up the meaning of it and you´ll get the sense. I will ask you tomorrow
well done!