Global Warming / endangered seas Flashcards by camilla dizon

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Le monde se réchauffe

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The world is heating up

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Changement climatique

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Climate change

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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 meteo

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Weather-related disasters

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Des conditions meteo extremes

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Extreme weather

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Un scenario catastrophe

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A nightmare catastrophe

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Aggraver la situation

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To exacerbate the situation

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Devaster

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Devastate

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Des emissions de gaz à effet de serre

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Greenhouse gas emissions

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Rejeter/absorber du dioxyde de carbone

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To emit/absorb/soak up carbon dioxide/CO2

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La sécheresse

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Drought

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La glace polaire s’amenuise

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The polar ice is thinning

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La couche de glace diminue

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Snow cover is shrinking

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Une inondation

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Flood

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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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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 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

Redresser la situation

To stop the rot

L'Ocean Atlantique/ Pacifique

The Atlantic/Pacific ocean

La mer du Nord

The North Sea

La Manche

The English Channel

La mer rouge

The red sea

Le Mediterranée

The mediterranean sea

Des zones côtières

Coastal areas

Dégazer

To empty one's tanks

Une marée noire, une nappe de pétrole

An oil spill / an oil slick

Un pétrolier / un pétrolier géant

An oil tanker / a supertanker

Le blanchissement du corail

Coral bleaching

Les coquillages

Shellfish

Les algues

Seaweed

L'industrie de la pêche

The fishing industry

Les réserves mondiales de poisson

Worldwide fish stocks

Se reproduire

To spawn

La morue Le thon Le saumon Le colin/merlu

Cod Tuna Salmon Hake

Le bateau de pêche

A fishing boat

Un chalutier

A trawler

Vider les mers à force de pêcher

To fish the seas out

Trainer d'immenses filets

To drag huge nets

Un équipement sophistiqué

State-of-the-art equipment

Une zone de pêche

A fishery

Fermer la pêche

To close down fishing