38. Global Warming Flashcards by Julie G. | Brainscape

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un climatologue

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a climate scientist / 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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la planète suffoque

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the planet is choking

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le 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 extrêmes

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extreme weather

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un scénario catastrophique

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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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la 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 à effet de serre

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greenhouse gases

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des émissions de 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 gaz carbonique

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to emit carbon dioxide

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absorber le gaz carbonique

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to absorb / to soak up 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 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

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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, une canicule

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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 les 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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stocker le CO2 dans les océans

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to store CO2 in 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 diminution de l banquise

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the reduction of pack ice