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Vocabulary-10 : Nature and ecology Flashcards

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La diminution de la couche d’ozone

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The depletion of the ozone layer

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Le réchauffement de la planète

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Global warming

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Pollution atmosphérique

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Air pollution

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Les gaz à effet de serre

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Greenhouse gases

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L’effet de serre

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The greenhouse effect

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Le CO2

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Carbon dioxide

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La pollution causée par l’homme

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Man-made pollution

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Les climato-sceptiques

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Climate change sceptics

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Ceux qui contestent l’existence du réchauffement climatique

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Climate change deniers

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Dégâts à l’échelle mondiale

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Global damage

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Les pluies acides

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Acid rain

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L’érosion

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Soil erosion

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Politique en matière de changement climatique

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Climate change policy

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L’empriente écologique

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A carbon footprint

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Compensation des émissions de CO2

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carbon offsetting

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Une taxe carbone

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A carbon tax

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Epuiser

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To exhaust, To deplete

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Diminuer en nombre

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To dwindle

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Contaminer, empoisonner

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To contaminate, To poison

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Un polluant

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A pollutant

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Nocif

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Noxious

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Nocif, nuisible

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Harmful

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Cancèrigène

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Carcinogenic/cancer-causing

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La pollution des eaux

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Water pollution

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La nappe phréatique
Ground water
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Eau potable
Drinking water
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Déforestation
Deforestation
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L'industrie du bois
The logging industry
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Abattre des arbres
To fell/cut down trees
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Bois de construction
Timber
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La disparition des habitats naturels
Habitat loss
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Les déchets dangereux
Hazardous waste
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Déchets ménagers
Household waste
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Déchets industriels
Industrial waste
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Le ramassage des déchets
Rubbish collecting
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Rejets radioactifs
Radioactive discharges
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Retombées radioactives
Radioactive fallout
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Fuir
To leak
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Mettre en péril
To jeopardize
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Gaspiller
To waste/To squander
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Faire un mauvais usage
To misuse
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Une marée noire
An oil spill/ A black tide
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Dégazer
To flush/To swill tanks
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déverser
To dump
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Décharge publique
A junkyard/A dumping site
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Se débarasser de qqc
To dispose of sth
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Les coûts de recyclage
Recycling costs
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Pas de ça chez moi
Not In My Back Yard (NINMBYSM)
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Risques naturels
Natural hazards
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L'ampleur d'une catastrophe
To scope/extent of a disaster
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Un sinistré
A disaster victim
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Un glissement de terrain
A landslide
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Un tremblement de terre
An earthquake
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Une tornade
A tornado
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Un ouragan
A hurricane
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Une inondation
A flood
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Un raz-de-marée
A tidal wave
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La sécheresse
Drought
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Pḧénomène climatique anormal
Freak/Extreme weather event
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Une pénurie alimentaire
A food shortage
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Sous-alimenté/malnutri
Malnourished
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La famine
Starvation
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L'écologie
Ecology/Environmentalism
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L'environnement
The environment
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Un écologiste
An environmentalist/A conservationist
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Les verts
The greens
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Un militant
A campaigner
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Une loi écologique
A green law
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Sans danger pour l'environement
Eco-friendly
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Le principe de précaution
The precautionary principle
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Campagne de sensibilisation
An awarness campaign
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Prendre conscience de
To become aware of
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Sensibiliser le public
To sensitise
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Faire prendre conscince de
To make the public aware of sth
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Un écolo fanatique
A tree-hugger
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Le développement durable
Sustainable development
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Les économies d'énergie
Energy conservation
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Energie propre, non polluante
Clean energy
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Décontaminer
To decontaminate
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Retraiter
To reprocess
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Assainir
To clean up
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Economiser
To save
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Traitement des déchets
Waste disposal
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Répondre à des normes
To meet standards
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Une mesure d'encouragement
An incentive
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Faire respecter la loi
To enforce the law
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Une amende
A fine
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Surveiller
To watch
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Boycotter
To boycott
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Faire campagne contre
To campaign against

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