Environmental Words

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el basurero
el basurero
garbage dump
tomar medidas
tomar medidas
to take action
derrochar
derrochar
to squander
la urgencia
la urgencia
urgency
el recalentamiento global
el recalentamiento global
global warming
la lluvia ácida
la lluvia ácida
acid rain
el agujero de la capa de ozono
el agujero de la capa de ozono
hole in the ozone layer
moribundo
moribundo
dying
el deterioro
el deterioro
worsening
el empeoramiento
el empeoramiento
worsening
reanudar
reanudar
to resume
renovar
renovar
to restore
el trastorno
el trastorno
inconvenience
empapar
empapar
to saturate
el infarto
el infarto
heart attack
mancha de petróleo
mancha de petróleo
oil slick
el reciclaje
el reciclaje
recycling
reciclar
reciclar
to recycle
venenoso
venenoso
poisonous
el apagón
power cut
la descontaminación
decontamination
descontaminar
to decontaminate
enterarse de
to understand
envenenar
to poison
la hidroelectricidad
hydroelectricity
el vertedero
dump
el adelanto
advance
el aerogenerador
wind turbine
la central hidroeléctrica
hydroelectric power station
la energía eólica
wind power
los recursos renovables
renewable resources
tomar medidas
to take measures
el aislamiento térmico
thermal insulation
apagar
to turn off
la calefacción
heating
los combustibles fósiles
fossil fuels
encender
to turn on
minar
to mine
el petróleo
oil
derretirse
to melt
despilfarrar
to squander
el despilfarro
squandering
escaso
scarce
frenar
to slow down
valioso
valuable
la deforestación
deforestation
la desertización
desertification
echar humo
to smoke
el efecto invernadero
greenhouse effect
los gases de efecto invernadero
greenhouse gases
el hidrocarburo
hydrocarbon
el spray
aerosol
el agujero de ozono
hole in the ozone layer
alterar
to disrupt
dañoso
harmful
el deterioro
deterioration
irreversible
irreversible
amenazar
to threaten to
el entorno natural
natural surroundings
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