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Enviromental issues
Enviromental issues pg 62
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Angst haben | to be afraid |
| (Atom)kraft | (nuclear) energy |
| Benzin | petrol |
| Duerre | drought |
| Energie | energy |
| Erdbeben | earthquake |
| Erde | earth, world |
| Erdoel | crude oil, petroleum |
| Erwaermung | warming |
| global | global |
| Holz | wood, timber |
| Kapitalanlage | investment |
| Katastrophe | catastrophe |
| Kohle | coal |
| Oel | oil |
| Oelteppich | oil slick |
| oekologisch | ecological |
| Opfer | victim |
| organisch | organic |
| Recycling | recycling |
| Regenwald | rainforest |
| retten | to save |
| sauber | clean |
| saurer Regen | acid rain |
| schmutzig | dirty |
| steigen | to go up (temperature) |
| toeton | to kill |
| Tierart | animal species |
| Tornado | tornado |
| Treibhauseffekt | greenhouse effect |
| Ueberschwemmung | flood |
| Umwelt | environment |
| umweltbewusst | environmentally aware |
| Verkehr | traffic |
| Verkehrsstau | traffic jam |
| verschmutzt | polluted |
| vom Assterben bedroht | endangered (species, plants etc |
| (Wald)brand | (forest) fire |
| Welle | wave |
| Welt | world |
| zerstoeren | to destroy |