Umwelt 🌎 Flashcards
1
Q
2-3 greenhouse gases
A
- Carbon dioxide
- Tropospheric Ozone
- Methane
2
Q
Where do greenhouse gases come from?
A
Primarily from the burning of fossil fuels in energy use
3
Q
How does global warming work?
A
The earth transforms sunlight’s visible light energy into infrared light energy
4
Q
völlig erschreckend
A
utterly terrifying
5
Q
erstrecken über
A
spread over
6
Q
Eisschichten schmelzen schneller als vorhergesagt
A
Ice layers are melting faster than predicted
7
Q
Der Meeresspiegel würde um Meter steigen
A
The sea level would rise by meters
8
Q
Das Eis verschwindet
A
The ice is vanishing
9
Q
beschleunigen
A
accelerate, expedite
10
Q
es löst neue Effekte aus
A
it triggers new effects
