This greening of desert coastlines, he said, could add millions of acres of productive farmland and sequester vast quantities of carbon dioxide, the primary culprit in global warming.

• 他指出，这种沙漠海岸线绿化，可以增加数百万英亩多产肥沃的农地，同时排除大量二氧化碳，这也是造成全球暖化的元凶。