![babygirl123468](/avatars/29406.jpg)
babygirl123468
29.05.2021 •
English
Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas
Beginning with paragraph 1, the author's tone shifts_ from_?
a. excitement to sorrow
b. despair to suspense
c. jubilant to sadness
d. melancholy to joyful
rica is symbolized?
Solved
Show answers
More tips
- L Leisure and Entertainment How to Find a Phone Number by Address: The Ultimate Guide...
- P Philosophy How to Properly Create a Vision Board?...
- C Computers and Internet What is Web 2.0 and How Does it Work?...
- S Style and Beauty Is Photoepilation the Solution to Unwanted Hair Forever?...
- O Other What is a Disk Emulsifier and How Does it Work?...
- F Family and Home What does a newborn need?...
- F Family and Home Choosing the Right Car Seat for Your Child: Tips and Recommendations...
- F Food and Cooking How to Get Reconfirmation of Registration?...
- C Computers and Internet How to Get Rid of Spam in ICQ?...
- A Art and Culture Who Said The Less We Love a Woman, the More She Likes Us ?...
Answers on questions: English
- B Business Kathleen, a manager at parker airline has the responsibility of deciding how many passengers parker airline can serve at a given time. kathleen is most likely involved...
- A Advanced Placement (AP) Expain why acid forming in the ocean would affect the ecosystem....
- M Mathematics What is the domain of the following points? A. {-1, 2, 1} B. {-2, -1, 1, 2} C. {-2, 1, 2} D. {1, 2}...
- M Mathematics Is 4:1 and 12:3 equivalent?...
- E English Read the sentence below. Which type of context clue is used to help you figure out the meaning of the word gregarious? People who are gregarious, or very friendly...
Ответ:
Deep beneath the ice of Antarctica, there lies a dark shape untouched by the eyes of man. No, it’s not an alien spaceship; it’s a subglacial lake first theorized by Russian scientists* and physically discovered in the 1990s. It’s the 4th or 6th largest lake in the world, depending on how you define what a lake is, and it’s completely covered by four kilometers of ice.
Because it’s in the middle of Antarctica – a place not known for balmy days – it’s impressive that the water is liquid at all. The most likely explanation is heat from geothermal vents, but there’s still a lot we don’t know about Vostok and other subglacial lakes.
What’s more, Vostok is very likely to contain life. We can’t say for certain yet, but the odds are getting better every day as scientists continue to look at the data. This would be an ecosystem completely cut off from the sun* for millions of years. It’s an environment not dissimilar to that of Europa. If life can exist in Vostok, why not on Jupiter’s frozen moon?
Story Uses
The potential for Vostok is as deep as the ice that covers it. As an ancient body of water hidden away from the eyes of humankind, it practically screams Lovecraftian Horror. Who knows what could be down there, waiting in the dark.
If eldritch monstrosities aren’t your thing, Vostok and other subglacial lakes could be the last viable sources of fresh water in a dystopian future.* The microbial life within it could hold the key to curing major diseases or, on the flip side, might cause entirely new ones.
There’s even a political aspect to explore. Right now, Russian scientists are using drilling methods that environmental groups say will contaminate the lake. The Russians deny it. Who wouldn’t want to read a story from the POV of a UN official who suddenly has to deal with a bunch of angry scientists?