A Matter of Life, 4th Edition
Paola Briano, Maria Grazia Anerdi
ENGLISH FOR CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
TAKING CARE OF OUR PLANET
Unit 1 - Ecology
• The water cycle 220
• The food chain 222
• River management 226
Unit 2 - Planet Earth is in the danger zone
• Health diseases due to pollution 230
• Electromagnetic pollution 230
• Documentary about climate change 230
• The air 232
• What pollutes every breath we take 232
• Acid rain 232
• Water 234
• Heavy metals in the environment 236
• Soil microbiology 236
Unit 3 - Disaster is avoidable
• Purifying water 240
• Air sampling 240
• Dogger Bank Wind Farm project 242
• Biological fuel generation 246
• Environmental policies 248
