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。
沙子和碎石广泛用于建筑行业，对它们的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。
一篇题为《格陵兰岛开采沙子的希望与风险》的研究报告称，2017年全球对沙子的需求总共达到约95.5亿吨，市场价值995亿美元，由于需求上升以及供应量可能不足，预计到2100年，市场价值将达到近4810亿美元。
对格陵兰岛来说，这意味着一个难得的机会。
该研究报告还称，沙子和碎石未来或许会被用于加固面临海平面上涨风险的海滩和海岸线，而这在某种程度上也是由格陵兰岛地区的冰盖融化所导致的。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 全球变暖 | quán qiú biàn nuǎn | global warming (PRC usage) |
| 正在 | zhèng zài | to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing |
| 融化 | róng huà | to melt / to thaw / to dissolve / to blend into / to combine / to fuse |
| 格陵兰岛 | Gé líng lán dǎo | Greenland |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 巨大 | jù dà | huge; immense; enormous; gigantic |
| 冰盖 | bīng gài | ice sheet |
| 并 | bìng | furthermore / also / simultaneously |
| 将 | jiāng | (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) |
| 大量 | dà liàng | great amount / large quantity / bulk |
| 沉积物 | chén jī wù | sediment |
| 冲 | chōng | (of water) to dash against / to mix with water / to infuse / to rinse / to flush / to develop (a film) / to rise in the air / to clash / to collide with |
| 入 | rù | to enter; to go into / to join; to become a member of / (bound form) to conform to |
| 海 | hǎi | ocean / sea / great number of people or things |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 由 | yóu | from / because of; due to / by; via; through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... |
| 此 | cǐ | this; these |
| 带来 | dài lái | to bring / (fig.) to bring about; to produce |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 罕见 | hǎn jiàn | rare / rarely seen |
| 积极 | jī jí | active / energetic / vigorous / positive (outlook) / proactive |
| 效应 | xiào yìng | effect (scientific phenomenon) |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 出口 | chū kǒu | to speak / to export / (of a ship) to leave port |
| 沙子 | shā zi | sand / grit |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 碎石 | suì shí | gravel; crushed rock; rock debris |
| 广泛 | guǎng fàn | wide; broad; extensive; widespread |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 于 | yú | (of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by |
| 建筑 | jiàn zhù | building |
| 行业 | háng yè | trade; profession; industry; business |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 它们 | tā men | they; them |
| 开采 | kāi cǎi | to extract (ore or other resource from a mine) / to exploit / to mine |
| 促进 | cù jìn | to promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost |
| 经济 | jīng jì | economic |
| 发展 | fā zhǎn | development / growth |
| 这里 | zhè lǐ | here |
| 居住 | jū zhù | to reside / to dwell / to live in a place |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 万 | wàn | ten thousand / a great number |
| 人口 | rén kǒu | population / people |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 丹麦 | Dān mài | Denmark |
| 拥有 | yōng yǒu | to have; to possess |
| 自治 | zì zhì | autonomy |
| 权 | quán | authority / power / right |
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still |
| 严重 | yán zhòng | grave; serious; severe; critical |
| 依赖 | yī lài | to depend on; to be dependent on |
| 哥本哈根 | Gē běn hā gēn | Copenhagen or København, capital of Denmark |
| 补贴 | bǔ tiē | subsidy / allowance / benefit |
| 篇 | piān | classifier for written items: chapter, article |
| 题 | tí | topic / problem for discussion / exam question / subject |
| 为 | wéi | to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do |
| 希望 | xī wàng | a hope; a wish |
| 与 | yǔ | (formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases) |
| 风险 | fēng xiǎn | risk; hazard |
| 研究 | yán jiū | research / a study |
| 报告 | bào gào | report / speech / talk / lecture |
| 称 | chēng | to state |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 全球 | quán qiú | worldwide; global |
| 需求 | xū qiú | requirement / (economics) demand |
| 总共 | zǒng gòng | altogether; in sum; in all; in total |
| 达到 | dá dào | to reach; to achieve; to attain |
| 约 | yuē | approximately |
| 亿 | yì | 100 million |
| 吨 | dūn | ton (loanword) |
| 市场 | shì chǎng | (economics) market |
| 价值 | jià zhí | value; worth / (ethical, cultural etc) values |
| 美元 | měi yuán | American dollar; US dollar |
| 由于 | yóu yú | due to / as a result of / thanks to / owing to / since / because |
| 上升 | shàng shēng | to rise / to go up / to ascend |
| 以及 | yǐ jí | and; as well as |
| 供应 | gōng yìng | to supply; to provide (goods, services etc) |
| 量 | liàng | capacity / quantity / amount |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen) / maybe / perhaps |
| 不足 | bù zú | insufficient / lacking / not enough / inadequate |
| 预计 | yù jì | to forecast / to predict / to estimate |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 近 | jìn | approximately |
| 来 | lái | (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 意味着 | yì wèi zhe | to signify / to mean / to imply |
| 难得 | nán dé | rare / hard to come by |
| 机会 | jī huì | opportunity / chance / occasion |
| 该 | gāi | that / the above-mentioned |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 未来 | wèi lái | future / tomorrow |
| 或许 | huò xǔ | perhaps; maybe |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 被 | bèi | used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes |
| 加固 | jiā gù | to reinforce (a structure) / to strengthen |
| 面临 | miàn lín | to face sth; to be confronted with |
| 海平面 | hǎi píng miàn | sea level |
| 上涨 | shàng zhǎng | to rise / to go up |
| 海滩 | hǎi tān | beach |
| 海岸线 | hǎi àn xiàn | coastline / seaboard / shoreline |
| 而 | ér | but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates contrast) |
| 某 | mǒu | some / a certain / sb or sth indefinite / such-and-such |
| 种 | zhǒng | classifier for types, kinds, sorts |
| 程度 | chéng dù | degree; level; extent |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 地区 | dì qū | region; area (informal or geographical term) |
| 所 | suǒ | particle introducing a relative clause or passive |
| 导致 | dǎo zhì | to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about |