Global Warming Flashcards by lucas marx

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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

Une inondation

A flood

Des inondations côtières

Coastal flooding

Une augmentation du niveau de la mer

A rise in sea level

Une vague de chaleur

A heat wave

Le protocole de Kyoto

The Kyoto protocol

Atteindre un objectif

To meet a target

Faire payer les pollueurs

To make polluters pay

Réduire ses émissions de CO2

To cut one's émissions

Des énergies non renouvelables

Fossil fuels

Des énergies de substitution

Alternative ernergy sources

Séquestrer le CO2 dans le sous sol

To trap CO2 on the subsoil

Stocker le CO2 dans les océans

To store CO2 un the seas

Être particulièrement menacé

To be particularly at risk

Redresser la situation

To stop the rot

La glace polaire s'amenuise

Polar ice is thinning