What do you do if your nation has a severe water shortage and happens to be located in a bona fide desert?
如果你的國家嚴(yán)重缺水又正好位于茫茫沙漠，你會(huì)怎么做？

If you have the resources, you turn to technology, which is what a company in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates is looking to do.
如果你有資本，便可以借助技術(shù)的力量。一家位于產(chǎn)油大國阿聯(lián)酋的公司正準(zhǔn)備這么做。

The country, which gets less than four inches of rain per year, could solve its issue with water scarcity by towing icebergs from Antarctica to its shores.
阿聯(lián)酋這個(gè)國家的年降水量不足101.6毫米，不過只要從南極運(yùn)冰山過來，就可以解決缺水問題。

It could take up to a year to bring an iceberg from Antarctica to Fujairah.
冰山從南極運(yùn)到富查伊拉（七個(gè)酋長國之一）可能花上一年時(shí)間。

Once the iceberg is at UAE shores, the ice above the waterline would be chipped off, crushed into drinking water, which would then be stored in large water tanks and filtered.
一旦冰山到達(dá)阿聯(lián)酋海岸，水面以上的部分會(huì)被切下來壓碎，融化成淡水，然后保存在巨大的水缸里并過濾。

The iceberg would also have a broader impact.
冰山還會(huì)發(fā)揮更大的作用。

The more icebergs, the more water vapor and clouds, creating a profound effect on the regional climate over a decade, turning the desert into “green meadows”.
運(yùn)來的冰山越多，蒸發(fā)形成的水汽就越多，云量增加，會(huì)對區(qū)域氣候帶來深遠(yuǎn)的影響，十年后，當(dāng)?shù)氐纳衬蜁?huì)變成“綠草地”。

The melting icebergs would also add fresh water to the Arabian sea, returning biodiversity by balancing out the brine discharge from desalination plants.
冰山融化會(huì)為阿拉伯海注入更多淡水，逐漸抵消海水淡化廠排放的濃鹽水，從而恢復(fù)當(dāng)?shù)睾Ｓ虻纳锒鄻有浴?/div>

There would also be a boost for tourism from all the people interested in looking at the icebergs.
冰山還會(huì)吸引眾多游客前來參觀，因而當(dāng)?shù)芈糜螛I(yè)也會(huì)增長。

The company has so far ran simulations and feasibility studies and looks to start the project in early 2018.
目前，這家公司已經(jīng)開展了模擬和可行性研究，預(yù)計(jì)2018年初能夠開始這項(xiàng)運(yùn)冰山的壯舉。

（翻譯：Frank）

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