Environmental Vocab 5 Flashcards

1
Q

Climate change

A

Les changements climatiques

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2
Q

global warming

A

le réchauffement de la planète

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3
Q

general rise in temperature

A

la hausse généralisée de la température

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4
Q

hole in the ozone layer

A

le trou dans la couche d’ozone

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5
Q

drought

A

la sécheresse

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6
Q

heat wave

A

la canicule

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7
Q

water table

A

la nappe phréatique

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8
Q

desertification

A

la désertification

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9
Q

sea ice

A

la banquise

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10
Q

melting of polar ice caps

A

la fonte des calottes polaires

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11
Q

to cause a rise in the sea level

A

faire monter le niveau des océans

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12
Q

hurricane

A

l’ouragan (m)

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13
Q

tornado

A

la tornade

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14
Q

whirlwind

A

la trombe

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15
Q

torrential rainfall

A

les pluies diluviennes

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16
Q

flood

A

I’inondation (f)

17
Q

flash flood

A

la crue subite

18
Q

tidal wave

A

le raz-de-marée

19
Q

to wipe off the map

A

rayer de la carte

20
Q

climate science

A

les sciences du climat

21
Q

Consensus among scientists

A

le consensus scientifique

22
Q

disagreements

A

les désaccords (m)

23
Q

to be motivated by environmentalist ideology

A

être porté(e) par une idéologie environnementaliste

24
Q

culture of denial

A

la culture du déni

25
Q

political interests

A

les intérêts (m) politiques