NIFT PG 2014 Question Paper with solutions

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In what can be seen as a positive impact of global warming, large blooms of tiny marine plants called “phytoplankton”, that can absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, are flourishing in the area opened up by massive ice melting in Antarctica. Without ice cover, the water gets exposed to light and circulation of nutrients that help the plants move in and take up extra amounts of carbon dioxide, becoming what scientists call a “carbon sink”. This is really massive—it’s like having a new forest the size of Wales,” said Professor Llyod Peck, a near-shore marine biologist from the British Antarctic Survey.

An exciting fallout of the melting of ice in Antarctica due to global warming is the creation of ‘Carbon sinks’ by blooming marine plants.
The melting of ice in the Antarctic region due to global warming has resulted in the blooming of tiny marine plants called phytoplankton that absorb massive quantities of carbon-di-oxide.
Global warming has resulted in some benefits as well, in the form of growth of vegetation in the hitherto barren Antarctic region.
The discovery of phytoplankton blooms in the Antarctic waters has got the scientists excited because it is a positive fallout of global warming.

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