38. Global Warming Flashcards by Tanguy Cloix

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Un climatologue

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A climate scientist

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La changement climatique

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Climate change

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Le monde se réchauffe

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The world is heating up

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La planète suffoque

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The planet is choking

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Un boulversement 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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Des conditions météos 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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Etre causé par l’activité humaine

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To be causes 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 gaz à effet de serre

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Greenhouse gases

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Des émissions de gaz à effet de serre

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Greenhouse gas emissions

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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 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

Le recul des glaciers

Glacier retreat

Une inondation

The flood

Des inondations cotières

Coastal flooding

Une augmentation du niveau de la mer

A rise in sea level

Une vague de chaleur

A heat wave

Le protocole de Kyoto

The Kyoto protocol

Atteindre un objectif

To meet a target

Faire payer les pollueurs

To make polluters pay

Réduire ses émissions de CO2

To cut one's emissions

Des énergies non renouvelables

Fossil fuels

Des énergies de substitution

Alternative energy sources

Séquestrer le CO2 dans le sous-sol

To trap CO2 in the subsoil

Stocker le CO2 dans les océans

To store CO2 in the seas

Etre particulièrement menacé

To be particularly at risk

Redresser la situation

To stop the rot