Mastering English in environment / Laimute Alfonsa Kitkauskiene.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kitkauskiene, Laimute A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

English language.

Environmental engineers--Vocational guidance.

Environmental engineers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Place of Publication:

Vilnius : VGTU, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Introduction . What are environmental engineers?""; ""Unit 1.""; ""The biosphere and climate history""; ""Unit 2.""; ""Global warming""; ""Unit 3.""; ""Polar bears are facing extinction""; ""Unit 4.""; ""Greenhouse effect""; ""Unit 5.""; ""Rainforests""; ""Unit 6.""; ""The importance of the rainforests""; ""Unit 7.""; ""The wealth of the rainforests""; ""Unit 8.""; ""Noise problems""; ""Unit 9.""; ""Fossil fuels (i)""; ""Unit 10.""; ""Fossil fuels (ii)""; ""Unit 11.""; ""Genetic engineering""; ""Unit 12.""; ""Genetically modified food""; ""Unit 13.""

""Facts about food chains and food webs (i)""""Unit 14.""; ""Facts about food chains and food webs (II)""; ""Unit 15.""; ""Damage to the environment""; ""Unit 16.""; ""Soil contamination""; ""Unit 17.""; ""Desertification""; ""Unit 18.""; ""Eutrophication in soil and bodies of water""; ""Unit 19.""; ""Soil acidification""; ""Unit 20.""; ""Air pollution""; ""Unit 21.""; ""Water pollution""; ""Unit 22.""; ""Waste disposal""; ""Unit 23.""; ""Sustainability of the environment""; ""Useful phrases ""; ""Supplementary reading""; ""Domestication""; ""Climate change""

""Human influences on climate change""""Global warming""; ""Climate change - buildings, cities, landscapes and other cultural heritage sites are at stake""; ""Global impacts""; ""Interplay of factors""; ""Destruction of the rainforests""; ""Causes of forest decline""; ""The disappearing rainforests""; ""Soil salination""; ""Historical and current desertification""; ""Air pollution""; ""Acidification of lakes and streams""; ""Acidification and eutrophication""; ""Ocean farming""; ""How are gm foods labelled?""; ""Alternative sources of energy""; ""References""; ""Articles from Internet""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9955-28-794-2

OCLC:

842697401