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Lizards at Risk: Global Warming and Extinction

Learn how global warming is driving lizards to the brink of extinction and the alarming implications for biodiversity.

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Lizards at Risk: Global Warming and Extinction

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  1. STUDY: GLOBAL WARMING IS DRIVING LIZARDS TO EXTINCTION FROM TIME, MAY,13 2010 M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

  2. M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

  3. M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

  4. The title is: relevant to understand the article and it arouses curiosity and expectations in the reader, because it is very clear and direct about its content. M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

  5. The article is about: • the lizards’ extinction caused by the global warming M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

  6. A team of herpetologists noticed a suspicious pattern of extinctin among European lizards M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

  7. The results of a global study are dramatic: nearly 40% of all lizard population could vanish M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

  8. The heat isn’t killing the lizards directly, in fact it prevents them from reproducing M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

  9. Thanks to the study Barry Sinervo had discovered where extinction should be happening • he also predicts where lizards should not be in danger M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

  10. In conclusion we have to remember that this sort of extinction modeling could be applied to other species M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

  11. alarmed, serious but detached simple, modern and incisive The tone is : The style is : M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

  12. The lay-out: • Line-length is regular and the arrangement of lines is usual but sometimes they are divided with a space in paragraphs • There is also an impressive photo M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

  13. neutral and it doesn’t convey sensations formal, detailed and effective The atmosphere is: The register of the language is: M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

  14. The voice that speaks is: • the journalist Michael Lemonick and sometimes the author of the study Barry Sinervo and the co-author Aaron Bauer M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

  15. The article is addressed to people in general in particular to sensible people It is a reference text because the journalist refers many datas and opinions of various scientists and he doesn’t intervene personally M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

  16. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Study: global warming is driving lizards to extinction Michael Lemonick, TIME, May 13 2010 http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1989115,00.html last access: 19/05/2010 http://www.time.com/time/interactive/0,31813,1888583,00.html last access: 19/05/2010 M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

  17. Liceo Scientifico A. Oriani School year: 2009/2010 Interdisciplinary project: Man and the environment-Climate changes and endangered species Subjects involved: English, I.T. Teacher involved: Prof.ssa E.Siboni Class: 1^E P.N.I. Students involved: Martina Ascani e Irene Tampieri M. ASCANI I.TAMPIERI 1°E liceo scientifico A.Oriani Ravenna

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