Climate Change in Russia’s Arctic Tundra
Climate change in Russia’s Arctic tundra
1. Key words
Fill the gaps in the sentences using these key words from the text.
Tundra, permafrost, swamp, wilderness, landslide,
Catastrophic, indigenous, itinerant, unmistakeable, impenetrable
1. The _______________ people of a particular place have lived there for a very long time before other people came to live there.
2. A _______________ situation or event causes a lot of damage or makes a lot of people suffer.
3. A _______________ is a heavy fall of earth and rocks down the side of a mountain or steep slope.
4. A _______________ is an area of land covered by water where trees and plants grow.
5. _______________ people or animals travel from place to place frequently.
6. If a place is described as _______________, it is impossible to get into or get through it.
7. _______________ is a large flat area of land without trees in very cold northern parts of the world.
8. A _______________ is an area of land where people do not live or grow crops and where there are no buildings.
9. _______________ is ground that stays permanently frozen.
10. If something is described as _______________, it is very easy to recognize.
Climate change in Russia's Arctic tundra: 'Our reindeer go hungry. There isn't enough pasture'
For 1,000 years the indigenous Nenets people have herded their reindeer along the Yamal peninsula. But their survival in this remote region of north-west Siberia is under serious threat from climate change as Russia's ancient permafrost melts
Luke Harding in Marresale, on the Yamal peninsula www.guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 20 October 2009
It is one of the world's last great wildernesses, a 435-mile long peninsula of lakes and squelching tundra stretching deep into the Arctic Ocean. For 1,000 years the indigenous Nenets people have migrated along the Yamal peninsula. In summer they wander northwards, taking their reindeer with them, across a landscape of boggy ponds, rhododendron-like
1. Key words
Fill the gaps in the sentences using these key words from the text.
Tundra, permafrost, swamp, wilderness, landslide,
Catastrophic, indigenous, itinerant, unmistakeable, impenetrable
1. The _______________ people of a particular place have lived there for a very long time before other people came to live there.
2. A _______________ situation or event causes a lot of damage or makes a lot of people suffer.
3. A _______________ is a heavy fall of earth and rocks down the side of a mountain or steep slope.
4. A _______________ is an area of land covered by water where trees and plants grow.
5. _______________ people or animals travel from place to place frequently.
6. If a place is described as _______________, it is impossible to get into or get through it.
7. _______________ is a large flat area of land without trees in very cold northern parts of the world.
8. A _______________ is an area of land where people do not live or grow crops and where there are no buildings.
9. _______________ is ground that stays permanently frozen.
10. If something is described as _______________, it is very easy to recognize.
Climate change in Russia's Arctic tundra: 'Our reindeer go hungry. There isn't enough pasture'
For 1,000 years the indigenous Nenets people have herded their reindeer along the Yamal peninsula. But their survival in this remote region of north-west Siberia is under serious threat from climate change as Russia's ancient permafrost melts
Luke Harding in Marresale, on the Yamal peninsula www.guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 20 October 2009
It is one of the world's last great wildernesses, a 435-mile long peninsula of lakes and squelching tundra stretching deep into the Arctic Ocean. For 1,000 years the indigenous Nenets people have migrated along the Yamal peninsula. In summer they wander northwards, taking their reindeer with them, across a landscape of boggy ponds, rhododendron-like