Climate change Flashcards by Salma AHMAD

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La climatologie

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Climate science

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Un climatologue

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A climate scientist, a climatologist

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Anthropogénique

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Man-made, anthropogenic

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Le réchauffement de l’atmosphère, de la planète

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Global Warning

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Prévoir

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To forecast

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Régime des précipitations

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Rain patterns

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Surveiller l’évolution des températures

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To monitor temperatures

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La combustion d’énergies fossiles

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The burning of fossil fuels

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Le dioxyde de carbone, CO2

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Carbon dioxide, CO2

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Emettre du CO2

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To emit carbon dioxide

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L’effet de serre

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The greenhouse effect

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Les gaz à effet de serre

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Greenhouse gases

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Les émissions, les rejets de gaz à effet de serre

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Greenhouse gas emissions

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Les émissions de dioxyde de carbone

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Carbon emissions

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Réduire les émissions de carbone

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To cut, to curb carbon emissions

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Reduire son empreinte carbone

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To redce one’s carbon imprint

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La surconsommation

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Overconsumption

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Niveau de la mer

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Sea level

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Une élévation du niveau de la mer

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A rise in sea level

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Inonder

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To flood

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Une inondation

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A flood

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Au-dessus/en-dessous du niveau de la mer

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Above/below sea level

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Provoquer, causer des dégâts

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To cause damage, to do damage

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Nocif, néfaste

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Harmful

Être en danger, menacé

To be at risk, in danger

Un glacier

A glacier

La calotte glaciaire, polaire

The polar icecap

Le pôle Nord/Sud

The North/South Pole

La banquise

Icefield, ice floe

Un ours polaire, un ours blanc

A polar bear

Fondre, dégeler

To thaw

Dégel

Thaw

Fondre

To melt

L'eau douce

Freshwater

Eau de mer

Sea water

La nappe phréatique

Groundwater

Plafonner, imposer un plafond à

To cap

Le commerce des droits d'émission du carbone

Carbon trading

Plafonner et échanger (les quotas d'émissions)

Cap and trade

Une taxe verte

A green tax

Instaurer une taxe carbone

To introduce a carbon tax

Une ampoule basse consommation

A low-energy lightbulb

Eteindre les appareils électriques

To switch off electrical appliances

Isoler une pièce

To insulate a room

L'isolation (thermique)

Insulation