1. The River Aire flows through Leeds to theRiver Ouse & then into the River Humber.14. Sea levels are expected to rise 30cm in thenext 30 years.2. Leeds Council are installing air conditioningin all their offices.15. Loggers in the rain forest see profits soaring.3. Leeds is approximately 50 miles from Hull,on the Humber estuary on England’s Eastcoast.16. ARK predict sea levels could rise 7.5 metres by2030 sinking Grimsby and Skegness under water.4. Mrs. Lane walked to school when she was achild.17. Green house gases absorb the sun’s heat. As aresult the Earth’s temperature increases.5. Rapid melting of the Antarctic ice sheet hasbeen discovered by the British AntarcticSurvey. Giant icebergs are breaking away.18. The Department of Trade and Industry havereleased figures showing that car traffic releases37 million tonnes of carbon dioxide each year.6. Burning fuels releases carbon dioxide.19. Ice creams cost £1 on the coast.7. Swarms of insects destroy Farmer JohnGiles’ crops20. James and Sam Lane are pleased with their newDVD player, even if it means using more electricity.

8. Mrs. Lane has just bought a new mahoganytable.21. Deforestation contributes up to 20% of allhuman global carbon dioxide emissions.9. Carbon dioxide is one of the greenhousegases.22. Kyoto Protocol 1997 demands pollutionreductions worldwide.10. In the past, large areas around Leeds weremarshland. It was drained to create farmland.23. Mrs. Smith explains to her science class thattrees and other plants take in Carbon Dioxide andgive out Oxygen.11. The centre & south of Leeds is a low-lyingcity24. Mrs. Smith drives the children to school in hernew 2.8L 4x4.12. Since 1930 the average world temperaturehas increased by 0.2°25. Total emissions of carbon in the UK amounts to155 million tonnes each year.13. Leeds is just off the M1 motorway.26. Most electricity in the UK is generated inpower stations using fossil fuels.28. Farmer Giles has removed 2 miles ofhedgerow and three small copses on his land.27. The Lanes have just bought a new fridge andwere annoyed to find they would have to pay todispose of the old one.29. Warmer water expands and takes up morespace.30. It is predicted that global warming will makethe UK wetter.