Changing the Earth's climate - 6 Minute English

In this programme, Neil and Sam discuss geoengineering – the name for a collection of new scientific plans to remove carbon from the atmosphere and stop global warming. And they teach you related vocabulary so you can talk about this too.

This week's question
Spraying diamond dust in the sky sounds futuristic, but in the 1960s there was a band who wrote a song called ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’. Which band wrote that song?
a) The Rolling Stones
b) The Beach Boys
c) The Beatles
Listen to the programme to find out the answer.

Vocabulary
nutrient
food that plants and animals need to live and grow

pod
group of whales, also other sea mammals such as dolphins

eddy
large current of water moving in a circular motion

chock-a-block
very full of people or things; plenty of something

repurpose
find a new use for something

circular economy
economic model which involves sharing, reusing, and recycling existing products as long as possible to avoid waste and to fight climate change

To download the audio and a transcript, go to:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-211216

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