38. Global Warming Flashcards

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Un climatologue

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A climate scientist / a climatologist

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Le changement climatique

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Climate change

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La planète suffoque

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The planet is choking

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Un bouleversement climatique

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A major shift in the climate

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Modifier les tendances climatiques

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To alter weather patterns

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Les catastrophes liées à la météo

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Weather-related disasters

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Les conditions météo extrêmes

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Extreme weather

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Un scénario catastrophe

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A nightmare scenario

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Être causée par l’activité humaine

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To be caused by human activity

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Aggraver la situation

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To exacerbate the situation

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Dévaster

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To devastate

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La diminution de la couche d’ozone

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Ozone depletion

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Des émissions de gaz à effet de serre

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Greenhouse gases

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Des gaz qui retiennent la chaleur

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Heat-trapping gases

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Rejeter du gaz carbonique

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To emit carbon dioxide

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Absorber le gaz carbonique

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To absorb / to soak up CO2

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La sécheresse

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Drought

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Les calottes glaciaires

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Ice caps

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Le permafrost

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Permafrost

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La fonte des glaciers

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The melting of glaciers

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La glace polaire s’amenuise

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Polar ice is thinning

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La couche de neige diminue

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Snow cover is shrinking

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Le recul des glaciers

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Glacier retreat

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Une inondation

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A flood

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Des inondations côtières

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Coastal flooding

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Une augmentation du niveau de la mer

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A rise in sea level

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Une vague de chaleur, une canicule

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A heat wave

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Le protocole de Kyoto

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The Kyoto protocol

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Atteindre un objectif

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To meet a target

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Faire payer les pollueurs

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To make polluters pay

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Réduire ses émissions de CO2

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To cut one’s emissions

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Des énergies non renouvelables

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Fossil fuels

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Des énergies de substitution

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Alternative energy sources

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Séquestrer le CO2 dans le sous-sol

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To trap CO2 in the subsoil

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Stocker le CO2 dans les océans

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To store CO2 in the seas

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Être particulièrement menacé

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To be particularly at risk

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Redresser la situation

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To stop the rot

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Les perspectives sont inquiétantes

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The outlook is bleak

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La température moyenne de la planète risque fort d’augmenter de 1,4 à 6 degrés d’ici 2100

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Global average temperature is likely to rise by 1.4 to 6 degrees by 2100

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Le trou dans la couche d’ozone au dessus de l’Antarctique n’a jamais été aussi gros

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The hole in the layer over Antarctica is bigger than ever

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La superficie des glaces du pôle Notes

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The area of northern polar ice

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Au cours des 40 dernières années

Au cours des 40 prochaines années

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In the past 40 years

Over the next 40 years

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Il y aura deux fois plus d’été chauds d’ici 2020

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Hot summers will double in frequency by 2020

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Des régions proches du niveau de la mer risquent fort de devenir inhabitables

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Low-lying areas might well become uninhabitable

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L’idée qu’on ne peut pas ignorer la nature commence à faire son chemin

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It is starting to sink that we can’t ignore nature