SUMMER SOLSTICE: TRADITIONS AROUND THE WORLD

Click HERE to read a CNN article about different ways of celebrating Midsummer around the world.
The following vocabulary will help you out:

mojo= encanto, magia
collected= sereno, comedido
raucous= escandaloso, ruidoso
bachelor= soltero
wreath= guirnalda de flores
harvest= cosecha
herring=arenque
booze= bebidas alcoholicas

Photo of sled dogs walking through water shows reality of Greenland's melting ice sheet

Click HERE to read a CNN article and to watch a 12-minute video on the effect of global warming on the Artic.

SAVING SHARKS: ONE WOMAN'S MISSION TO PROTECT THE HAMMERHEAD

Click HERE to read a BBC article about a woman whose mission is to protect a kind of sharks

ARTIC MELT: THE THREAT BENEATH THE ICE

Click HERE for a video and an article on global warming affecting the Artic.

7 startling facts about the crisis facing our oceans

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61 NATIONAL PARKS

   Click HERE to watch a short video and to read an article about someone who visited 61 national  parks

25 BEAUTIFUL PLACES ON EARTH

Would you like to know about some of the most beautiful places on Earth? Click HERE