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Meanings of eco-disaster in English

Russian
экологическая катастрофа
Portuguese
desastre ambiental
Spanish
catástrofe ecológica
Catalan
desastre mediambiental
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Disaster to the natural environment due to human activity with widespread or long-lasting consequences.

экологическая катастрофа
Synonyms
Examples for "environmental disaster"
Examples for "environmental disaster"
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But it could also prove to be a traffic and environmental disaster.
Reuters
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Chinese government officials know they have an environmental disaster unfolding within their country.
Wired
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And the floating carpark was an environmental disaster waiting to happen, he said.
Radio NZ
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Brazil's government considers the dam burst the country's worst-ever environmental disaster.
Reuters
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Until, that is, an environmental disaster strikes and London is flooded.
The Irish Times
1
Refugees living behind defensive walls farm only adjacent areas, inviting ecological disaster.
The world without us
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The environmental group, WWF, has spoken of fears of an ecological disaster.
Radio NZ
3
The plain fact was that an ecological disaster had been narrowly averted.
Jurassic Park
4
Tony said it would be an ecological disaster if the road went through.
Radio NZ
5
They would never trace back the ecological disaster to industrial pollution.
Don't Cry Tai Lake
Usage of eco-disaster in English
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Rubbish strewn in the flood-hit West Coast is potentially the bigger eco-disaster since the Rena oil spill, Forest and Bird says.
Radio NZ
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His companies are eco-disasters.
Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code