全球变暖融化北极冰盖 格陵兰或可卖沙子创收
<p>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！</p><p><span word="Greenland">Greenland</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="start">start</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="export">export</span> <span word="sand">sand</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="rare">rare</span> <span word="positive">positive</span> <span word="spinoff">spinoff</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="warming">warming</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="melting">melting</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="island">island</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="vast">vast</span> <span word="ice">ice</span> <span word="sheet">sheet</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="washing">washing</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="amounts">amounts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="sediment">sediment</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sea">sea</span>.</p><p>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。</p><p><span word="spinoff">spinoff</span> ['<span word="spin">spin</span>,ɔ:<span word="f">f</span>]：<span word="n">n</span>.副产品；附带的利益</p><p><span word="sediment">sediment</span> ['<span word="sed">sed</span>ɪ<span word="m">m</span>(ə)<span word="nt">nt</span>]：<span word="n">n</span>.沉积；沉淀物</p><p><span word="Mining">Mining</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="sand">sand</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="gravel">gravel</span>, <span word="widely">widely</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="construction">construction</span> <span word="industry">industry</span>, <span word="could">could</span> <span word="boost">boost</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="economy">economy</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Greenland">Greenland</span>’<span word="s">s</span> 56,000 <span word="population">population</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="wide">wide</span> <span word="powers">powers</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="self">self</span>-<span word="rule">rule</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="Denmark">Denmark</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="rely">rely</span> <span word="heavily">heavily</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="subsidies">subsidies</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</span>.</p><p>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。</p><p><span word="By">By</span> <span word="mining">mining</span> <span word="sand">sand</span>, “<span word="Greenland">Greenland</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="benefit">benefit</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="challenges">challenges</span> <span word="brought">brought</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="climate">climate</span> <span word="change">change</span>,” <span word="a">a</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Denmark">Denmark</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="wrote">wrote</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="journal">journal</span> <span word="Nature">Nature</span> <span word="Sustainability">Sustainability</span>.</p><p>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”。</p>
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