D1 Environmental issues Flashcards
Angst haben (v)
to be afraid
(Atom)kraft (f)
(nuclear) energy
Benzin (n)
petrol
Dürre (f)
drought
Energie (f)
energy
Erdbeben (n)
earthquake
Erde (f)
earth, world
Erdöl (n)
crude oil, petroleum
Erwärmung (f)
warming
global (ad)
global
Holz (m)
wood, timber
Kapitalanlage (f)
investment
Katastrophe (f)
catastrophe
Kohle (f)
coal
Öl (n)
oil
Ölteppich (m)
oil slick
ökologisch (ad)
ecological
Opfer (n)
victim
organisch (ad)
organic
Recycling (n)
recycling
Regenwald (m)
rainforest
retten (v)
to save
sauber (ad)
clean
saurer Regen (m)
acid rain
schmutzig (ad)
dirty
steigen (v)
to go up (temperature)
töten (v)
to kill
Tierart (f)
animal species
Tornado (m)
tornado
Treibhauseffekt (m)
greenhouse effect
Überschwemmung (f)
flood
Umwelt (f)
environment
umweltbewusst (ad)
environmentally aware
Verkehr (m)
traffic
Verkehrsstau (m)
traffic jam
verschmutzt (ad)
polluted
vom Aussterben bedroht (ad)
endangered (species, plants etc.)
(Wald)brand (m)
(forest) fire
Welle (f)
wave
Welt (f)
world
zerstören (v)
to destroy