提到格陵兰岛,人们首先会想到天寒地冻的冰原,以及全球变暖导致的冰盖融化。但是你知道吗?全球变暖也带给了格陵兰岛一个益处,那就是可以卖沙子创收了!
Greenland could start to export sand in a rare positive spinoff from global warming that is melting the island’s vast ice sheet and washing large amounts of sediment into the sea.
全球变暖正在融化格陵兰岛的巨大冰盖,并将大量沉积物冲入海里。由此带来的一个罕见的积极效应就是,格陵兰岛可以开始出口沙子了。
spinoff ['spin,ɔ:f]:n.副产品;附带的利益
sediment ['sedɪm(ə)nt]:n.沉积;沉淀物
Mining of sand and gravel, widely used in the construction industry, could boost the economy for Greenland’s 56,000 population who have wide powers of self-rule within Denmark but rely heavily on subsidies from Copenhagen.
沙子和碎石广泛用于建筑行业,其开采可以促进格陵兰岛的经济发展,这里居住着5.6万人口,他们在丹麦拥有广泛的自治权,但严重依赖哥本哈根的补贴。
By mining sand, “Greenland could benefit from the challenges brought by climate change,” a team of scientists in Denmark and the United States wrote in the journal Nature Sustainability.
丹麦和美国的一个科学家团队在《自然·可持续发展》杂志上写道,通过开采沙子,“格陵兰岛可以从气候变化带来的挑战中获益”。
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