ChinesePod News (March 14, 2019)<br /><br />According to findings presented Wednesday at the United Nations Environment Assembly, dangerous temperature rises in the Arctic are inevitable even if the goals set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement are achieved. Melting permafrost in the Arctic releases methane into the atmosphere.<br /><br />NOTE: This video features SIMPLIFIED characters, which are used in Mainland China. For viewers studying the form of written Chinese used in Hong Kong and Taiwan (traditional), the traditional-character version of this story (alongside all others of ChinesePod Today) is available at https://youtu.be/gv3jr18WDF0<br /><br />This ChinesePod Today news broadcast includes the following vocabulary:<br /><br />甲烷: methane<br />二氧化碳: carbon dioxide<br />攀升: to rise, to climb up<br />温室气体: greenhouse gases<br />永久冻土: permafrost<br />大气层: atmosphere<br />已成必然: to become inevitable <br />逼至「临界点」: to be pushed to the tipping point<br /><br />Go to ChinesePod.com for more great lessons and videos!<br />===================================<br />Like this video? Sign-up today to make the most of ChinesePod.com's 4,000+ lesson library! <br /><br />LIKE US: https://www.facebook.com/chinesepod<br />TWEET US: https://twitter.com/chinesepod<br />DOUBLE-TAP US: https://instagram.com/chinesepodtv<br />SNAP US: https://www.snapchat.com/add/chinesep...<br />READ US: https://chinesepod.com/blog<br />LEARN WITH US: https://chinesepod.com/
