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The central theme of the passage is

• the dramatic speed with which the ice caps are melting nowadays.

• the rise of sea levels since the 1990s caused by carbon emissions.

• the peak years for Greenland and Antarctic in 2010 and 2019.

• the efforts of IPCC to mitigate the imminent rise of sea levels.

The word PROCESSED is closest in meaning to

• measured

• progressed

• coursed

• analyzed

We can infer from the passage that carbon emissions

• are being emitted principally in Antarctica for decades

• are the only reason why sea levels are rising rapidly.

• represent a minor problem in the world global warming.

• have a main role in mitigating the melting of the ice caps.

It is consistent about the passage to say that the rise of sea levels

• had been occurring in the same way since the end of the millennium

• are the result of the melting of polar ice caps in the last decades.

• nearby Antarctica are different from the rise in other continents.

• are going to bring many benefits to the people who live near a beach.

If most of the countries around the world reduce its amounts of carbon emissions in a half for the next year, then

• it would be useless because the damage to the planet is done.

• the IPCC would consider Antarctica and Greenland in threat

• the number of people affected by sea rise levels would be less.

• most of the people who live near the coast would need help.