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Meanings of environmental disaster in inglés

ruso
экологическая катастрофа
portugués
desastre ambiental
español
catástrofe ecológica
catalán
desastre mediambiental
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Disaster to the natural environment due to human activity with widespread or long-lasting consequences.

catástrofe ecológica
Synonyms
Examples for "ecological disaster"
Examples for "ecological disaster"
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Refugees living behind defensive walls farm only adjacent areas, inviting ecological disaster.
The world without us
2
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
1
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
2
His companies are eco-disasters.
Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
Usage of environmental disaster in inglés
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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
3
And the floating carpark was an environmental disaster waiting to happen, he said.
Radio NZ
4
Brazil's government considers the dam burst the country's worst-ever environmental disaster.
Reuters
5
Until, that is, an environmental disaster strikes and London is flooded.
The Irish Times
6
It's barely a spoiler to say that environmental disaster is Ragnarok.
Wired
7
An environmental disaster was averted because the Maltese-flagged ship was double-hulled.
Radio NZ
8
President Obama promises to hold BP to account for America's worst environmental disaster.
Radio NZ
9
Already, this oil spill is the worst environmental disaster America has ever faced.
Reuters
10
How could this debacle be described otherwise than as Ireland's worst environmental disaster?
The Irish Times
11
But we're gonna have just a massive, massive environmental disaster along with this.
The new yorker
12
Nineteen people were killed in what was Brazil's worst environmental disaster.
Reuters
13
That "outrageous" situation has to change to avoid environmental disaster, he said.
Reuters
14
An environmental disaster has taken place on Planet Earth and we need your help.
Wired
15
Following the clean-up the area was taken off Russia's list of environmental disaster zones.
Reuters
16
However, the government's response to the potential economic and environmental disaster has been criticised.
News.com.au
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Translations for environmental disaster
Environmental disaster across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
Ireland
Less common
United States of America
Rare
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