Global warming Flashcards

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le changement climatique

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climate change

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un climatologue

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a climate scientist

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le monde se réchauffe

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the world is heating up

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la planete 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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des conditions météo extremes

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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 causé 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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devaster

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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 gazs à effet de serre

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greenhouse gases

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emission des 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 dioxyde de carbonne

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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 secheresse

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les calottes glaciaires

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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
glacier retreat
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une inondation
a flood
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des inondations cotieres
coastal flooding
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une augmentation du niveau de la mer
a rise in sea level
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une vague de chaleur
a heat wave
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le protocole de Kyoto
the Kyoto protocol
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atteindre un objectif
to meet a target
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faire payer les pollueurs
to polluters pay
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réduire les emissions de CO2
to cut one's emissions
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energies fossiles
fossil fuels
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energie de substitution
alternative energy sources
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séquestrer le CO2 dans le sous sol
to trap C02 in the subsoil
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stocker le CO2 dans les océans
to store CO2 in the seas
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être particulièrement menacé
to be particularly at risk
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redresser la situation
to stop the rot