可怕的“厄尔尼诺”

• 作 者: 易天
• 出 处: 中学生百科
• 发表日期: 2006年06期
• 关键词: 森林大火 气候现象 圣婴 气侯 沿岸海 多尔 区域性问题 海洋学家 当地渔民 西太平洋

近年来,各类媒体越来越关注这样一个气候学名词：厄尔尼诺。众多气候现象与灾难都被归结到厄尔尼诺的肆虐上,例如印尼的森林大火、巴西的暴雨、北美的洪水及暴雪、非洲的干旱等等。它几乎成了灾难的代名词! 可是厄尔尼诺究竟是什么呢?它对我们到底有什么影响? “厄尔尼诺”(EI Nino),西班牙语的意思为“圣婴”,即“圣诞节时诞生的男

In recent years, various media have increasingly focused on such a climatology term: El Nino. Many climatic phenomena and disasters have been attributed to the raging of El Nino, such as the forest fires in Indonesia, the heavy rain in Brazil, the floods and snowstorms in North America, and the drought in Africa. It is almost synonymous with disaster! But what is El Nino? What effect does it have on us? “El Nino”, Spanish means “God Baby,” that is, “Men born at Christmas.”