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1. environmental issues 1
2. deforestation DEF, WF
3. a permanent crisis DEF 2
4. be dominated by (problems) 3
5. tend to PREP 4
6. cancel (each other) out PHR 2
7. birth control DEF = the practice of controlling the number of children a person has using various methods of contraception + the laws 5
8. to endorse (laws, measures), endorsement 6
9. to pass a law COL 7
10. authoritarian society DEF 8
11. to enforce, enforcement WF 9
12. to prove impracticable + practice, practical, practitioner WF 10
13. to be short. E.g. the food was short 11
14. to have meatless days (informal) WF 12
15. widespread famine 13
16. to forecast = to predict 14
17. within (fifteen years) 15
18. despite = in spite of 16
19. farm the see COL 17
20. to develop synthetic food SP 18
21. with the need for sth 19
22. an urgent need/action = crucial 20
23. frontier = limit, boundary 21
24. politician, policy, politics WF, SP 22
25. nuclear power/war/energy/weapon = atomic DEF 23
26. (to watch) with belligerent anxiety SP, WF,COL = unfriendly, hostile 24
27. to possess SP = to have, to hold 25
28. sufficient = enough 26
29. miraculously WF,SP 27
30. (there had been) no use of sth PREP 28
31. for sbs inscrutable reasons 29
32. shore sth up (e.g. economy) = support 31
33. to discount an idea 38
34. turn into sth
35. hard cash DEF = money in the form of coins or notes 33
36. there had been talk of 37
37. to discover methods/ways/strategies 35
38. to be visible to sb
39. to lose ones aggressive instincts 36
40. heroic efforts to do sth
41. to arrange terms 30
42. a countrys sagging economy 32
WHAT HAPPENED TO GLOBAL WARMING?
43. grim reality 42
44. elaborate hoax/series of targets 43
45. to be caused by (a host of factors)
46. a host of (factors/reasons) -
47. the (recent) increase in sth 44 -
48. global temperatures 45
49. global warming 41
50. to fluctuate (between A and B) = to vary 47 -
E.g. Temperatures can fluctuate. The figures fluctuate, etc.
Fluctuation noun
51. to come as a bit of a surprise - -
52. to observe; observer; observation = to watch 34 -
53. carbon monoxide SP -
54. carbon dioxide SP 50
55. man-made pollution/carbon dioxide/global warming reasserts - ,
56. lead (the chemical element) -
57. passion, passionate, passionately WF -
58. to be (entirely) responsible for
59. climate models 48
60. to have influence on = to have impact on = to influence
61. natural cycles; ocean cycles; to cycle; cyclical; cyclically
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62. to be in a positive cycle
63. to be evident; evidence for sth; evidential
64. to be down to PHR.V. -
65. the energy from the sun/wind/coal etc , ,
66. to conduct/do a research -
67. to rule out (influences) -
68. to look at sth (closely) = to consider sth in great detail -
69. solar output -
70. solar activity 46
71. solar scientist -
72. solar influences -
73. solar variation -
74. to compare trends with
75. the graph for (global temperatures) ,
76. worldwide temperatures/global average surface temperature ,
77. a leading contributor to sth , ,
78. to forecast (weather) = to predict 49 -
79. to be correlated
80. PDO = Pacific decadal oscillation
81. to cool down = to lose ones warmth -
82. to reveal sth, to reveal that -
83. to assure sb of sth -
84. to coincide with sth; coincidence
85. cool mode vs warm mode
86. to incorporate sth -
87. to be accounted for sth
88. to increase in a straight line
89. crucial = vital = very important
90. the long-term trend in sth
91. to last another (20 years) -
92. to be a sceptic = to have a sceptic attitude to sth
93. the overwhelming force of sth ,
94. to be set to do sth
95. to resume -
96. it is unlikely that ,
97. to reach the (dizzy) heights of sth - ()
98. to be far from over -
99. to be hotting up; to hot up -
100. to insist on ,
Listening (a radio interview with Maggie Kerr)
101. to contribute to sth
102. the thinning of the ozone layer
103. to launch a campaign
104. to raise public awareness of sth
105. to have the effects on sbs health
106. = to affect health
107. = to carry health risks
108. to be aware of sth
109. environmental nuisance = environmental issue
110. forms of pollution
111. the increased incidence of asthma/cancer/bronchitis, etc
112. to have very high blood pressure
113. to suffer from a disease/illness
114. to be under stress
115. to be the source of the problem
116. to be a common problem
117. to combine with other (stressful) factors
118. to be caused by sth
119. premature babies
120. underweight babies
121. frequent exposure to sth (E.g. to noise)
122. to vary from person to person
123. to reduce noise levels
124. to take action
125. to join the campaign
126. above-average (E.g. above-average noise levels)
