Mapping the Fastest Warming States in the US
In the app: the whole story at your level, listening, the quiz and the word cards.
The same story at six levels
How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
A research center at MIT did a study.
- A2
The MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy (CS3) did a study.
- B1
A study by the MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy (CS3) has found the fastest-warming US states.
- B2
Compared with the 1850–1900 preindustrial period, Earth's average surface temperature has risen by about 1.63 degrees Celsius.
- C1
Compared with the 1850–1900 preindustrial period, Earth's average surface temperature has risen by about 1.63 degrees Celsius.
- C2
Compared with the preindustrial baseline of 1850 to 1900, Earth's average surface temperature has risen by about 1.63 degrees Celsius.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- trend
- a general direction in which something is changing or developing
- steep
- rising or falling very quickly and by a large amount
- regional
- relating to a particular area of a country
- adaptation
- the process of changing to suit different conditions
- resource
- a supply of money, materials, or staff that a person or organization can use
- affected
- changed or harmed by something
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by MIT News. Read the original for the full report.