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Environment vocab

Vocabulary

WordDeffinition
L'environnement The environment
Le réchauffement de la terre Global Warming
L'effet (m) de serre Greenhouse effect
Les fluctuations, le changement cli- matique (s) (de climat) Climate changes, fluctuations
Les émissions des voitures Car emissions
La pollution (de la mer, de l'air, de l'eau) Pollution
La couche d'ozone Ozone layer
La déforestation (f) (le déboisement) Deforestation
La désertification Desertification, depopulation
La sécheresse (sec/sèche) Drought
La pluie acide Acid rain
Nuisible Harmful
L'extinction (f) d'epèces Extinction of species
Les déchets Waste
La gestion des déchets Waste management
La poubelle Trash can
Recycler/ le recyclage To recycle/recycling
Emballer/ l'emballage (m) To package, packaging
Les pollutants / polluer Pollutants/ to pollute
Cancérigène Carcinogenic
Le millénaire Millennium
A l'échelle (f) du temps Over a period of time
Une ère (glaciale) An era
Une dizaine, une vingtaine Around 10 Around 20
Par rapport à In regards to, Concerning...
La perturbation Disruption
Les Verts Partie politique qui se concerne avec l'environnement
Les ordures Garbage
Conserver To conserve
les carburants fossiles fossil fuels
les énergies renouvelables renewable energy
Le solaire solar energy
l'éolien wind power
la biomasse biomass energy
la géothermie geothermal energy
Biodégradable biodegradable
dépolluer to clean up/decontaminate
Le trou dans la couche d'ozone The whole in the ozone layer
une décharge Dump
une espèce en voie de disparition an endangered species
une espèce protégée protected species
l'écologie Ecology
la legislation law, legislation
toxique toxic
Radioactif Radioactive
la préservation de l'environnement Preservation of the environment
les nuisances sonnores sound nuisances
la marée noire oil spill
le gaspillage to waste
gaspiller to waste
Le traitement treatment
le recyclage recycling
recycler to recycle
la désertification desertification
l'urbanisation Urbanization
rural rural
les campagnes Countryside
la surpopulation Overpopulation
Écologique ecological
L'écologiste Ecologist
La faune Fauna
La flore Flora
Le milieu naturel natural environment
La nature Nature
l'air conditionné/la climatisation Air conditioning
le chauffage Heating
la destruction Destruction
détruire To destroy
Le dioxyde de carbone Carbon Dioxide
une énergie propre Clean Energy
nocif, nocive noxious, harmful
sauvegarde safeguard
les océans Oceans
les forêts Forests
le plastique Plastic
la pollution industrielle industrial pollution
la pollution automobile car pollution
exploitation pétrolière oil drilling
la surconsommation overconsumption
les transports means of transport
les panneaux solaires Solar panels
le tri sélectif waste separation
la règle des 3 R (réduire, recycler, réutiliser) The R rule
la radioactivité Radioactivity
le reboisement reforestation
une inondation Flood
la disparition Disappearance
l'extinction Extinction
la température Temperature
la fonte des glaces Melting ice
la météorologie meteorology
meteorologymétéorologique meteorological
un élevage intensif intensive farming
la surpêche Overfishing
gaz à effet de serre Greenhouse gases
les pesticides pesticides
l'économie d'énergie energy saving
une campagne de prévention Prevention campaign
le compost Compost
le covoirturage carpooling
une plantation plantation
104. le bio Organic
la gazinière stove
la lumière lighting
la poubelle trash can
la pluie Rain
le vent Wind
le vent air
le vent atmosphere
le vent Earth
nucléaire nuclear
une centrale nucléaire nuclear power plant
une centrale électrique power station
la déchetterie recycling center
un parc éolien wind farm
les pays avancés advanced countries
Les pays émergents emerging countries
une augementation an increase
augmenter increase
une diminution decrease
diminuer To reduce
perpétuel/le perpetual
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