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ENVIRONMENT
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Patagonian right whale | ballena franca austral |
| Rubbish, garbage | basura o desperdicios |
| Biofuel | biocombustible |
| Rain bomb | bomba de lluvia |
| Boiler | caldera |
| Water table | capa freática (superficial) |
| Sequester greehouse gases | capturar gases de efecto invernadero |
| Ozone layer or shield | capa de ozono |
| Strain | cepa |
| Sulfur | azufre |
| Carbón | coal |
| blue carbon | carbono azul |
| ice cap | casquete polar |
| FEN | CIÉNAGA |
| Sewers | cloacas |
| Clorate | clorato |
| Clorite | clorito |
| Chlorine | cloro |
| Chclorofluorocarbons (CFCs) | clorofluorocarbonos (CFC) |
| Composting | compostaje |
| Environmental awareness | conciencia ambiental |
| Backwashing | contracorriente |
| Soil pollution | contaminación del suelo |
| Power-to-gas | conversión de energía a gas |
| Power cut or blackout | apagón |
| Earth crust | corteza terrestre |
| Carbon credits | creditos de carbono |
| Flash flood | crecida repentina |
| Basin | cuenca |
| Deplete the ozone layer | dañar la capa de ozono |
| Damage to our heritage | Daño patrimonial |
| Drainage | deague |
| Biochemical Oxygen Demand | Demanda biológica oxígeno |
| Chemical Oxigen Demand | Demanda química de oxígeno |
| Cooling demand | demanda de enfriamiento |
| Single use | descartable |
| Thaw | deshielo |
| Urban sprawl | Dispersión urbana |
| Dredging | dragado |
| Downstream | procesamiento y refinamiento dle petróleo |
| Eco-friendly | respetuoso con el medio ambiente |
| Impoundment | embalse |
| Waste disposal | eliminación de desechos |
| Hydropower | energía hidroeléctrica |
| Global boiling area | era de ebullición global |
| Avian species | especies avícolas |
| Release | escape |
| soil sterilant | esterilizante de suelo |
| Stagnation | estancamiento |
| Logging | explotación forestal |
| Fluorine | fluor |
| Fault | falla |
| Trench | fosa marina |
| Buoyancy | Floatabilidad |
| Fracking | fracturación hidráulica |
| Waste management | gestión de residuos |
| Environmentally Sound management of Wastes | Gestión ambientalmente racional de residuos |
| IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate -Change | Grupo intergubernamental de expertos sobre el cambio climático |
| Hydoponics | hidroponía (cultivos de plantas enel agua) |
| Wetland | humedal |
| Soot | hollín |
| Ecological footprint | huella ecológica |
| Carbon footoprint | impacto ecológico |
| Public utilityh industry | industrial de servicios públicos |
| Bed | lecho |
| Energy tender | licitación |
| Flood tide | marea creciente |
| Ebb tide | marea menguante |
| Plateau | meseta |
| Designed bugs | microbiios diseñados |
| Midstream | Transporte y comercialización |
| Ground waters | napas freáticas |
| Rewilding | renaturalización |
| Reusable | reutilizable |
| Dam | represa |
| Igneous rock | roca ignea |
| Brine | salmuera |
| Sanitation | Saneamiento |
| Draught | sequía |
| Silicon | Silicio |
| Green week | semana del medio ambiente |
| Sewage system | sistema de aguas residuales |
| lead-free | sin plomo |
| Carbon sink | sumidero de carbono |
| Foresty | silvicultura |
| Clearcutting | talado de árboles uniformes |
| Cool roofs | techos frescos |
| Dike | tajamar |
| Upstream | Exploración y producción |
| Landfilll | vertedero |
| Waterway | vía fluvial |
| Oil rig | torre de perforación de petróleo |
| Transmission lines | tendido eléctrico |
| fuel cell electric vehicles | híbrido con celda de combustible |
| Fresh water | agua dulce |
| Drinking water | agua potable |
| Brackish water | agua salobre |
| Stormwater | aguas pluviales |
| Waste water | aguas servidas |
| Asbestos | amianto |
| Settlements | asentamientos |
| Inteernational Energy Agency | Agencia Internacional de la Energía |
| European chemical Agency (ECHA) | Agencia Europea de productos Químicos |
| European Environmental Agency (EEA) | Agencia Europea de medio ambiente. |
| Environmentaly sound management of wastes | Gestión ambientalmente racional de residuos |
| IPCC Intergovermental Panel on climate change | Grupo intergubernamental de expertos sobre el cambio climático |
| hydroponics | hidroponía |
| iron | hierro |
| ground waters | aguas subterráneas |
| UNEP UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME | PROGRAMA DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA EL MEDIO AMBIENTE |
| DRINKABILITY | POTABILIDAD |
| Coal-fired electric generating unit | planta generadora de electricidad a carbón |
| continental shelf | plataforma continental |
| rainfall | pluviosidad |
| lead | plomo |
| slope | pendiente |
| sewerage network | red de alcantarillado |
| electricity grid | red eléctrica |
| draught | sequía |
| hazardous wastes | residuos peligrosos |
| Municipal solid waste (MSW) | residuos sólidos urbanos |
| Reusable | reutilizable |
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