Global Warming / endangered seas Flashcards by camilla dizon | Brainscape

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Le monde se réchauffe

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The world is heating up

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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 meteo

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Weather-related disasters

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Des conditions meteo extremes

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Extreme weather

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Un scenario catastrophe

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A nightmare catastrophe

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Aggraver la situation

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To exacerbate the situation

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Devaster

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Devastate

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Des emissions de gaz à effet de serre

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Greenhouse gas emissions

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Rejeter/absorber du dioxyde de carbone

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To emit/absorb/soak up carbon dioxide/CO2

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La sécheresse

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Drought

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La glace polaire s’amenuise

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The polar ice is thinning

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La couche de glace diminue

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Snow cover is shrinking

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Une inondation

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Flood

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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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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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Redresser la situation

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To stop the rot

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L’Ocean Atlantique/ Pacifique

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The Atlantic/Pacific ocean

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La mer du Nord

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The North Sea

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La Manche

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The English Channel

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La mer rouge

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The red sea

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Le Mediterranée

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The mediterranean sea

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Des zones côtières

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Coastal areas

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Dégazer

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To empty one’s tanks

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Une marée noire, une nappe de pétrole

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An oil spill / an oil slick

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Un pétrolier / un pétrolier géant

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An oil tanker / a supertanker

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Le blanchissement du corail

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Coral bleaching

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Les coquillages

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Shellfish

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Les algues

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Seaweed

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L’industrie de la pêche

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The fishing industry

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Les réserves mondiales de poisson

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Worldwide fish stocks

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Se reproduire

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To spawn

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La morue
Le thon
Le saumon
Le colin/merlu

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Cod
Tuna
Salmon
Hake

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Le bateau de pêche

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A fishing boat

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Un chalutier

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A trawler

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Vider les mers à force de pêcher

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To fish the seas out

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Trainer d’immenses filets

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To drag huge nets

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Un équipement sophistiqué

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State-of-the-art equipment

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Une zone de pêche

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A fishery

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Fermer la pêche

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To close down fishing