Sensations English Logo
LEVEL B2

Shadowing the newsreader

Listen to the newsreader read out each line and then practise saying it. Record your own voice line by line and submit your voiceover.

Hide View

This summer, the Arctic ice sheet has shrunk to the second lowest level ever recorded.

This year's minimum was reached on 15th September with just 3.74 million square kilometres according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder, USA.

Some Arctic ice thaws each summer and then reforms in winter but satellite imagery has revealed how this cycle is shrinking.

It offers stark evidence of the impact of global warming.

A reduction in ice means less solar radiation is reflected and the oceans become warmer.

This exposes the planet to further climate breakdown.

Siberian heatwaves and Arctic wildfires have contributed to the melting of the ice.

These, in turn, are due to human caused global warming.

With Arctic temperatures increasing at triple the speed of any other region, scientists fear there could be a total absence of ice as early as 2035.

REGISTER NOW

Get videos, articles, games and study tools!

Learn at six levels from A1 to C1
Or sign up with your Email
By clicking “Sign Up” above you are accepting our Terms of Service & Privacy Policy.
Already have an account? Sign in

Sign up with email

Enter the following information to create your account.
All sign up options

Log in Or create an account

or

Forgot password?

reset password or login

Crop Image

Crop preview
Add to homescreen