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Climate change   1 . What do you already know about global environmental problems? Which of these problems do you think is the most serious today? Why? 2. Reading time.   Global consequences of the climate change      The 20th century was very notable with its unparalleled technological advancement of humanity. With each passing day the lasting impact that we leave on our planet becomes more and more apparent . The most obvious and harmful outcomes of heavy industrialization are global warming and climate change.      The first signs of global warming became obvious in the middle of the last century. Since the 1970s, the surface temperature of Earth has risen by 1 °C. Multiple data records show now that the warming happens at the rate of roughly 0.2 °C per one decade.      This is a very alarming development. The bulk of global warming is attributed to human activity. Assuming we don’t do something about it, the ...