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2021-22学年度第42期总第779期(6版)

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2021-22学年度第42期总第779期(6版)

Uploading Earth (Page 6)

I. Read for general information

What is the article mainly about?

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II. Read for details

Read the article and answer the following questions.

1. How does Destination Earth work?

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2. What can Destination Earth do to help scientists?

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3. What is the advantage of Destination Earth compared with existing climate simulation programs?

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4. What does the most recent report from IPCC suggest?

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III. Further thinking

What can students do to protect the Earth and make it a better home for humans?

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参考答案

The European Union is designing a so-called digital twin of the Earth, allowing scientists to run simulations to anticipate extreme weather events and other impacts of climate change.

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1. It will use artificial intelligence and supercomputing to input and analyze climate data at high resolutions.

2. It can predict a number of hazards including storms, droughts and rising sea levels. It will allow scientists to create a simulation of the planet and its climate and then experiment with changes in different conditions. It will also help monitor food security, changes in the polar regions and global sea level rises.

3. It will use a supercomputing network that would allow for a far higher resolution, approaching just a few kilometers.

4. It suggests that the world must peak emissions by 2025 to achieve the Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming to between 2 and 1.5 C this century.

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