异常强烈的厄尔尼诺现象将热带海洋生物带到了加利福尼亚，包括长鳍大眼鱼、鲸鲨、锤头鲨、飞鱼和黄腹海蛇。
An unusually strong El Nino has brought tropical sea life to California, including longfin bigeye fish, whale sharks, hammerheads, flying fish and a yellow-bellied sea snake.
此次事件也造成了危害，伴随更强的海浪、海平面上升和海滩侵蚀，加利福尼亚州在更多冬季影响到来之前已宣布进入紧急状态。
The event has also caused harm, with stronger waves, sea level rise and beach erosion, and California has declared a state of emergency ahead of more winter effects.
一些企业正在受益，金枪鱼、石斑鱼和多拉多鱼的捕获量增加，但专家警告称，海带和活动能力较弱的物种可能会受到影响，直至2027年条件恢复正常。
Some businesses are benefiting, with more tuna, wahoo and dorado catches, while experts warn kelp and less mobile species may suffer until conditions return to normal in 2027.
AI 生成 DANA POINT，加利福尼亚州 — — 长鳍大眼鱼于九月首次在加利福尼亚被发现，各种海龟首次在加利福尼亚海滩上筑巢。与此同时，一条有毒的黄腹海蛇游上岸，而鲸鲨和锤头鲨则在海岸外巡游。
AI generated DANA POINT, California – The longfin bigeye fish was spotted in California for the first time in September, and the first sea turtles of any kind nested on California beaches. Meanwhile, a venomous yellow-bellied sea snake swam ashore as whale sharks and hammerheads cruised just off the coast.
自2026年异常强烈的厄尔尼诺天气现象到来以来，异域物种一直在访问加利福尼亚的海岸。厄尔尼诺现象自然每隔几年出现一次，它将温暖的海水带得更远向北，热带物种随之而来，为加利福尼亚提供了令人惊叹的视觉盛宴，随着无人机和视频技术的出现，这一景象变得越来越明显。
Exotic species have been visiting California’s shores since an unusually strong El Nino weather phenomenon arrived in 2026. Occurring naturally every few years, El Nino brings warm ocean water farther north, and tropical species with it, providing California with a stunning visual display that has become ever more evident with the advent of drone and video technology.
“确实有一种热议。渔民们肯定很喜欢。我也和其他人一样感兴趣。这是奇怪的时刻，”长滩太平洋水族馆动物护理副总裁纳特·贾罗斯说。其他访客还包括飞鱼和魔鬼鱼。
“There’s kind of a buzz. Fishermen are loving it for sure. I’m as interested as anybody else. It’s strange times,” said Nate Jaros, vice-president of animal care at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Other visitors include flying fish and manta rays.
在厄尔尼诺现象到来之前，加利福尼亚州已经经历了一次异常的海洋热浪。
California had already experienced an unusual marine heat wave just before its arrival.
2026年的这一现象与东太平洋的一系列飓风同时发生，助长了海平面上升和大浪的形成，这些大浪摧毁了房屋，并使南加利福尼亚州一些海滩失去了沙子。为应对即将到来的更多冬季影响，加利福尼亚州已宣布进入紧急状态。
The phenomenon in 2026 coincided with a string of hurricanes in the eastern Pacific, fuelling sea level rise and large waves that have destroyed homes and denuded some Southern California beaches of sand. Preparing for more effects to come this winter, California has declared a state of emergency.
但它为达纳沃尔夫运动钓鱼与观鲸公司等企业带来了丰收。该公司联合所有者唐娜·卡利兹表示，钓鱼者在2026年捕获了5000条黄鳍金枪鱼，而一年前仅为两条。他们还捕获了石斑鱼和多拉多鱼，后者也被称为马林鱼，是一种头部钝圆、形状像推土机的绿色鱼类。
But it has provided a bounty for businesses like Dana Wharf Sportfishing & Whale Watching. Co-owner Donna Kalez said anglers have pulled in 5,000 yellowfin tuna in 2026, compared to two a year ago. They are also landing wahoo and dorado, also known as mahi-mahi, a green fish with a blunt head giving it the profile of a bulldozer.
“多拉多鱼非常令人兴奋，因为它们非常灵活，会跳出水面。我们在海带田附近捕捞它们，这非常刺激，”卡利兹说。
“Dorado is very exciting because they’re very acrobatic, so they jump out of the water. We catch them off kelp paddies, and it’s a thrill,” Kalez said.
专家预测，随着厄尔尼诺这一早于人为气候变化发生的自然现象在2027年过去，情况将基本恢复正常。专家表示，短期内最大的危害可能是对海带的影响，海带在寒冷水域中生长良好，并为多种物种提供栖息地。
Experts expect conditions to mostly return to normal after El Nino, a natural phenomenon predating human-caused climate change, passes in 2027. The greatest short-term harm may be to kelp, which thrives in colder waters and provides habitat for multiple species, experts say.
“它对某些鲨鱼有利，但可能对其他鲨鱼不利，”加州州立大学长滩分校鲨鱼实验室主任克里斯·洛说。“对于无法移动的动物来说，这是一个更大的问题，对吧？大多数鲨鱼都具有高度移动性，它们可以简单地移动。” 黄腰海蛇虽然可能具有毒牙，但无法像大型鲨鱼那样游泳。9月份，当一条看似生病的黄腰海蛇在橙县岸边游弋时，一名海滩游客用棕榈叶将其从沙滩上托起并放回海中。贾罗斯表示，根据他看到的手机视频，他几乎可以肯定那是黄腰海蛇，学名为Hydrophis platurus。
“It’s good for some sharks and probably bad for others,” said Chris Lowe, director of the Shark Lab at California State University, Long Beach. “For animals that can’t move, that’s a bigger problem, right? Most sharks that are highly mobile. They can simply move.”The yellow-bellied sea snake may have venomous fangs but cannot swim like a large shark. When an apparently sick one swam ashore in Orange County in September, a beachgoer used a palm frond to lift it off the sand and drop it in the sea. Jaros said that based on cellphone video he had little doubt it was the yellow-bellied sea snake, Hydrophis platurus.
洛杉矶县自然历史博物馆鱼类学副馆长威廉·卢德特表示，加州仅有六到七起确认的黄腰海蛇目击记录。他说，上一次确认目击发生在2015-2016年的厄尔尼诺期间。
There have only been six or seven confirmed sightings in California, said William Ludt, associate curator of ichthyology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. The last confirmed sighting came during the El Nino of 2015-2016, he said.
在厄尔尼诺期间，诸如鲸鲨——地球上最大的鱼类、温和的巨兽——以及外观更具威胁性的锤头鲨等异域鲨鱼会进入加州水域。这两种鲨鱼最近都被发现。洛说，自2011年以来，白鲨幼鲨育苗区首次在圣莫尼卡湾重新出现，幼鲨在那里嬉戏玩耍，且不打扰人类。
Exotic sharks such as the whale shark – a gentle giant and the largest fish on Earth – and the more menacing-looking hammerheads venture into California waters during El Nino. Both have been spotted recently. Lowe said a white shark nursery reappeared for the first time since 2011 in Santa Monica Bay, where juveniles frolic without bothering humans.
Ludt 表示，恰如其名的长鳍大眼鱼物种于2026年首次在加利福尼亚州被记录，当时一名钓鱼者在洛杉矶威尼斯钓鱼码头捕获了一条。
Ludt said the aptly named longfin bigeye fish species was recorded for the first time in California in 2026 when an angler caught one on the Venice Fishing Pier in Los Angeles.
美国国家海洋和大气管理局表示，9月在橙县一对海滩上发现了两只橄榄绿海龟巢，这标志着美国西海岸首次记录到任何海龟物种的巢穴。
When two olive ridley sea turtle nests were found on a pair of Orange County beaches in September, they marked the first-ever recorded nest for any sea turtle species on the US West Coast, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
官员们表示，第一个巢穴于9月16日由一名海滩游客在海滩海滩发现，第二个巢穴则由邻近亨廷顿海滩的救生员在三天后发现。还有其他新物种可能会到来。
The first was discovered by a beachgoer in Seal Beach on Sept 16, the second by lifeguards in neighbouring Huntington Beach three days later, officials said. And other new species may yet arrive.
“我们仍未完全完成这一过程，”Ludt说。“这仍在进行中。”路透社
“We still aren’t fully through it,” Ludt said. “It’s still very much ongoing.”REUTERS