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ACIDIC EARTH [1 record]

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Record 1 1996-12-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pollution (General)
OBS

Expression coined by John McCormick, author of Acid Earth: The Global Threat of Acid Pollution in which he tries to review from a more global point of view the different but related forms of acid pollution (cf AMENV, 1986, vol. 15, no 1, p. 51).

Key term(s)
  • acidic Earth
  • Earth acidification

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution (Généralités)
OBS

Le français, dans le cas présent, préférerait à une traduction littérale un terme abstrait du type «acidification planétaire» ou «pollution acide globale» (par référence au «village global» de McLuhan).

OBS

Le terme allemand «Übersäuerung der Erde» correspond au terme français «acidification de la Terre».

Key term(s)
  • acidification de la Terre
  • acidification planétaire
  • pollution acide globale

Spanish

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