1. What country is the second largest exporter of rice?
How much rice does it import annually?
2. What country is the largest importer of rice?
How much does it intend to import to import in the next few months to address the
coming rice crises?
3. What percentage of total rice exported to Africa from Asia?
How much is it worth annually?
4. In 1910, 150 glaciers dotted the Glacier National Park in Montana, USA.
How much are there now?
5. What is Europe’s biggest glacier?
Why is it breaking up? What are the consequences if it breaks up?
6. Which country is slowly disappearing due to rising sea water level?
Where is it?
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| Vietnam, the world's second-largest rice exporter, about 10 million tons annually. |
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| The Philippines is the world's largest importer of rice, having imported ten percent of its requirement last year, the country plans to buy around 2.2 million metric tons of the grain. |
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| Over 90 percent of the world’s rice is produced and consumed in the Asia-Pacific Region. |
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| Glacier National Park: In 1910 there were 150 glaciers in the park; now there are 25. |
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| New Zea land's biggest glacier is the Tasman Glacier on South Island was 18 miles long in 1990. |
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| As a result, scientists say that the disappearance of sea ice at the North Pole could exceed last year's record loss. More than a million square kilometers melted over the summer of 2007 as global warming tightened its grip on the Arctic. |
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