Questão de Língua Inglesa

Read the text and answer questions 21 to 24. The Anthropogenic Imprint on Greenhouse Gas Accumulation Climate change denotes protracted alterations in global temperature averages and prevailing meteorological patterns. Such fluctuations may arise from endogenous natural phenomena, including variations in solar irradiance or largescale volcanic activity. Nevertheless, since the onset of the nineteenth century, anthropogenic activities have constituted the predominant catalyst of contemporary climatic disruption, chiefly as a consequence of the combustion of fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas. The incineration of fossil fuels precipitates the release of greenhouse gases (GHGs), which function analogously to an insulating atmospheric sheath enveloping the planet, thereby impeding the dissipation of solar radiation and intensifying thermal retention at the Earth’s surface. ● Several foundational and empirically substantiated scientific correlations can be delineated: ● The atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases exhibits a direct and quantifiable correlation with the Earth’s mean global surface temperature; ● These concentrations have escalated progressively since the advent of the Industrial Revolution, concomitantly with a sustained increase in global temperature averages; ● Carbon dioxide (CO₂), the most prevalent greenhouse gas, constituting approximately two-thirds of total anthropogenic GHG emissions, is predominantly attributable to the large-scale combustion of fossil fuels. Source: https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/climate-change (adapted)