Global Warming Flashcards

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Un climatologue

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A climatologist

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Le changement climatique

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Climate change

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Le monde se réchauffe

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The world is heating up

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Le 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 wheather patterns

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Les catastrophes liées a la météo

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Wheather-related disasters

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Les conditions meteo extrêmes

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Extreme wheather

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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 avtivity

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Aggraver la situation

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To exacerbate the situation

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Dévaster

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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 gaz a effet de serre

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Greenhouse gases

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Des émissions de gaz a 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 gaz carbonique

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To emit carbon dioxide

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Absorbe le gaz carbonique

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To absorb CO2

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La sécheresse

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Drought

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Les calottes glacières

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Ice caps

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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 couche de neige diminue

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Snow cover is shrinking

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Le recul des glaciers

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Glacier retreat

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Une inondation

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A flood

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Des inondations côtières

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Coastal flooding

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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

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A heat wave

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Le protocole de Kyoto

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The Kyoto protocol

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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 émissions

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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 ernergy sources

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Séquestrer le CO2 dans le sous sol

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To trap CO2 on the subsoil

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Stocker le CO2 dans les océans

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To store CO2 un the seas

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Être particulièrement menacé

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To be particularly at risk

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Redresser la situation

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To stop the rot

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La glace polaire s’amenuise

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Polar ice is thinning