Climate.

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Climate.

• Climate is the weather a certain place has over a
  certain period of time.
• Climate has a very important influence on plants,
  animals and humans and is different in different
  parts of the world.
• Russia is the largest country in the world.
• It lies on a huge territory from the coast of the
  Pacific Ocean to the center of Europe and its
  climate in the north, south, east and west is
  different.
• In the west, for example, the climate is usually
  mild and wet.
• At the same time the coldest place on the planet
  is in the North of Siberia, while in the south of
  Russia there is a lot of sunshine and the heat in
  summer can be really terrible.

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• 7. But recently climate has changed a lot in our
  country.
• 8. Some scientists think the world is becoming
  hotter.
• 9. Winters have become warmer.
• 10. They say (???????) it is so because of the
  greenhouse effect.
• 11. It works like this sunlight gives us heat.
• 12. Some of the heat warms the atmosphere, and
  some of the heat goes back into space.
• 13. Nowadays the air surrounding the earth has
  become much warmer, because the heat cant go
  back into space.

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• 14. During the last 100 years people have
  produced a lot of carbon dioxide.
• 15. This gas in the atmosphere works like glass
  in a greenhouse.
• 16. It lets heat get in, but it doesnt let much
  heat get out.
• 17. So the atmosphere becomes warmer.
• 18. As you see the climate in different parts of
  the world changes a little from year to year.
• 19. These changes can be dangerous for our
  fragile planet, which needs protection.