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1、托福作文写作范文详解ReadingThelittleiceagewasaperiodofusuallycoldtemperatureinmanypartsoftheworldthatlastedfromabouttheyear1350until1900.Therewereunusuallyharshwinters,andglaciersgrewlargerinmanyareas.ScientistshavelongwonderedwhatcausedtheLittleIceAge.Severalpossiblecauseshavebeenproposed.First,thecoolingmay
2、havebeencausedbydisruptingofoceancurrents.BeforetheLittleIceAgeztherewasaperiodofunusuallywarmweatherduringwhichglaciersmelted.ThesemeltedglacierssentalargeamountofcoldfreshwaterintotheGulfStream,alargeoceancurrentthatstronglyaffectsEarthsclimate.Somescientistsbelievethatthisfreshwaterwasenoughtotem
3、porarilydisrupttheGulfStream.SuchadisruptioncouldhavecausedtheLittleIceAge.Second,volcaniceruptioncouldhavecausedtheLittleIceAge.Whenvolcanoeseruptztheysenddarkcloudsofdustandsulfurgasintotheatmosphere.Theseclouds,whichcanspreadovergreatareas,blocksomesunlightfromreachingEarthssurface.Thiscandecreas
4、etheglobaltemperatures.ScientistsknowofseveralvolcaniceruptionsthattookplaceduringtheLittleIceAge.Third,Substantialdecreasesinhumanpopulationsmayhavecontributedindirectlytothecoolingoftheclimate.Foravarietyofreasons(disease,warfare,socialdisruption),thehumanpopulationjustbeforetheLittleIceAgeandduri
5、ngtheearlypartofitwaslowerthanithadbeeninalongtime.Foresttreesstartedgrowingonfieldsthatwerenolongerusedforagriculture.Sincetreesabsorbcarbondioxide,agreenhousegasztheydecreasethegreenhouseeffectthatkeepsEarthwarm.Withmoreforesttreesabsorbingcarbondioxide,Earthbecamecooler.ListeningUnfortunately,the
6、argumentsofthereadingpassagearealittleoutofdate.ScientistsnowhavenewinformationthatshowsthatnoneoftheideasthereadingpassagediscussescouldaccountfortheLittleIceAge.First,abouttheGulfStream.ScientistsnowknowthatdisruptingtheGulfStreamwouldcausecoolingonlyinEuropeandNorthAmerica,buttheLittleIceAgealsoa
7、ffectedtheSouthernhemisphere,inplaceslikeNewZealandandSouthAfricaforexample.SincethedisruptionoftheGulfStreamcannotexplainwhythesesouthernareasbecamecolder,itcannotexplaintheLittleIceAge.Second,thevolcanoestheory.Itzstruethatifvolcaniceruptionsputenoughdustintotheatmosphere,theresultcanbeacoolerclim
8、ate.Butlargeamountsofvolcanicdustintheatmospherewouldhavealsoproducedstrikingvisualeffectthatpeoplewouldhavenoticedatthetime.Forexample,dramaticallycolorfulsunsetsorsnowbeinggreyorbrowninsteadofwhite.ButtherearealmostnoreportsofanythinglikethatroutinelyhappeningduringtheLittleIceAge.Soitseemsthatthe
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