The article that I read is “Global Warming Puts the Arctic on Thin Ice”. It answers the questions about the Arctic’s shrinking ice caps and its significance.
The Arctic draws much attention from scientists all around the world. It is because that the Arctic is fairly sensitive to any climate changes. In response to global warming, its average temperature is doubled; and ice is shrinking and melting with the speed of 9% very decade. Such dramatic ice melt affects both locally and globally. On one hand, the local plants and animals have to change their behaviors and shift habitats in order to survive. This also increases the work of natives for hunting. On the other hand, melting glaciers speed up global warming. Their usual protective and cooling effects on the earth are ceasing. The increasing temperature is bringing tragedies in Alaska where pests are breeding faster dramatically. Moreover, it elevates sea-levels and poses a serious threat to low-lying coastal regions. The U.S. is also affected by the rising sea levels, because many of its projects are constructed quite near to the sea surface. Thus, it is under a risk of inundating. Besides, the warming Arctic has impacts on weather pattern as well, giving rise to the change of farming. We should go against global warming by saving energy, because the more we burn, the more we consume and the faster we accelerate global warming. Fortunately, new technologies now allow us to generate more and cleaner energy without harming our climate.
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well use transions, such as"on the other hand", "moreover", "besides", etc.
the context coheres well. however, the structure of the summary seems a bit indistinct to me(indivisual opinion). good job as a whole
good job, coherent sentences and good transition signals. i like "on the one hand" and "on the other hand"
reading your summary, i could understand the main ideas of the author. Nice !!!
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