美国东北海岸的海龟保护行动
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Over the last 20 years, the number of stranded sea turtles has increased in the waters off the northeastern coast of the United States.
在过去的20年里，美国东北部沿海水域搁浅的海龟数量有所增加。
As a result, special animal hospitals in the New England area are now treating many sea turtles.
因此，新英格兰地区的特殊动物医院现在正在治疗许多海龟。
Some kinds of these animals are highly endangered.
其中一些种类的动物极度濒危。
The turtles enter waters such as Cape Cod Bay when the weather is warm.
天气温暖时，海龟会进入科德角湾等水域。
But when temperatures drop, they cannot escape to head south, said Adam Kennedy.
但亚当·肯尼迪表示，当气温下降时，它们无法逃往南方。
He is the director of rescue and rehabilitation at the New England Aquarium.
他是新英格兰水族馆的救援与康复主管。
The aquarium operates a turtle hospital in Quincy, Massachusetts.
该水族馆在马萨诸塞州昆西市运营一家海龟医院。
On December 3, Kennedy said more than 200 young turtles needed to be treated there.
12月3日，肯尼迪表示有200多只幼龟需要在那里接受治疗。
The animals had been stunned by the cold.
动物们被寒冷冻得失去了知觉。
The cold-stunned sea turtles wash up on the shores of Cape Cod every fall and winter.
每年秋冬两季，因寒冷而僵冻的海龟都会被冲上科德角的海岸。
Kennedy said aquarium workers expect the number of turtles that they rescue to climb to at least 400.
肯尼迪表示，水族馆工作人员预计他们救助的海龟数量将攀升至至少400只。
He said the average in 2010 was 40.
他说2010年的平均值是40。
Kennedy said, “Climate change certainly is allowing those numbers of turtles to get in where normally the numbers weren’t very high years ago.”
肯尼迪说：“气候变化无疑使得这些海龟的数量得以进入过去数量并不高的区域。”
He added that high winds and falling temperatures caused the recent strandings.
他补充说，大风和气温骤降导致了近期的搁浅事件。
In the early 2010s, the five-year average of cold-stunned sea turtles in Massachusetts was around 200.
2010年代初，马萨诸塞州因寒冷而休克的海龟数量五年平均值约为200只。
In recent years, that number has grown to more than 700.
近年来，这一数字已增长到700以上。
These numbers come from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
这些数字来自美国国家海洋和大气管理局。
All the turtles at the New England Aquarium’s hospital are young.
新英格兰水族馆医院里的所有海龟都很年轻。
Most are the highly endangered Kemp’s ridley turtles.
大多数是极度濒危的肯普氏丽龟。
The migration of these turtles often causes them to become stranded in the New England area.
这些海龟在迁徙过程中常常会在新英格兰地区搁浅。
But some are green turtles or loggerheads which are not as endangered.
但有些是绿海龟或蠵龟，它们并未濒临灭绝。
Kemp’s ridley is the world’s smallest sea turtle.
肯普氏丽龟是世界上最小的海龟。
The turtles mostly live in the Gulf of Mexico.
海龟大多生活在墨西哥湾。
But they travel into the northern Atlantic Ocean when young.
但它们在幼年时会游入北大西洋。
A 2019 study in the scientific publication PLoS One said ocean warming increases the chance that turtles will become stunned by the cold in the waters of the Northwest Atlantic.
2019年发表在科学出版物《公共科学图书馆·综合》上的一项研究指出，海洋变暖增加了海龟在西北大西洋水域因寒冷而陷入昏迷的可能性。
The study said warmer water might push the turtles north in a way that makes stranding more likely.
研究称，水温升高可能会将海龟推向北方，从而更有可能发生搁浅。
Melissa Joblon is director of animal health at the New England Aquarium.
梅丽莎·乔布隆是新英格兰水族馆的动物健康主管。
She said most turtles that arrive at the center are sick: “The majority of the turtles arrive with serious ailments such as pneumonia, dehydration, traumatic injuries, or sepsis.”
她说，大多数送到中心的乌龟都生病了：“大部分乌龟送来时都患有严重疾病，如肺炎、脱水、外伤或败血症。”
The turtle hospital treats the animals so they can be returned to the wild.
海龟医院对这些动物进行治疗，以便它们能够重返野外。
Kennedy said they are put in local waters or even taken south to warmer waters.
肯尼迪说，它们被放入当地水域，甚至被带到南方更温暖的水域。
He said about 80 percent survive.
他说大约80%能活下来。
“At the end of the day," Kennedy said, "getting these turtles back to the wild is what we are doing and what we want. We want them back in the ocean.”
肯尼迪说：“说到底，把这些海龟放归野外是我们正在做的工作，也是我们的心愿。我们希望它们回到大海。”
I’m Anna Matteo.
我是安娜·马特奥。
Patrick Whittle reported this story for the Associated Press from Portland, Maine.
帕特里克·惠特尔从缅因州波特兰为美联社报道了这则新闻。
Anna Matteo adapted the report for VOA Learning English.
安娜·马泰奥为美国之音英语学习频道改编了这份报告。
