Global warming Flashcards by Keira Aslakhanov

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le changement climatique

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climate chage

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un climatologue

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a climate scientist / a climatologist

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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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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 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 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 activity

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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 desvastate

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la diminution de la couche d’ozone

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ozone depletion

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des émissions de gaz à effet de serre

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greenhouse gas emissions

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rejeter du gaz carbonique

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to emit carbon dioxide

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des gaz qui retiennent la chaleur

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heat-trapping gases

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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 glaciaires

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ice caps

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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

des inondations côtières

coastal flooding

une augmentation du niveau de la mer

a rise in sea level

une vague de chaleur, une canicule

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 emissions

des énergies non renouvelables

fossil fuels

des énergies de substitution

alternative energy sources

être particulièrement menacé

to be particularly at risk

redresser la situation

to stop the rot