黄石国家公园从地热区清理出创纪录垃圾

黄石国家公园工作人员今年从地热区域清理出创纪录的20100件垃圾1。这些被遗弃的物品种类繁杂，包括280顶帽子、54个镜头盖、47条发带、42支铅笔、36副太阳镜、20张酒店钥匙卡、17个婴儿安抚奶嘴、6个隐形牙套、8个迷你赛车、3个高尔夫球钉和15根假指甲1。地质团队在2026年夏季还收集了超过18美元的硬币，包括美元、比索、日元和欧元1。

游客遗弃的垃圾带来了严重的环保问题1。公园地质项目负责人指出，这些垃圾会损害或永久改变地热地貌1。历史上，黄石著名的晨曦池就曾因游客遗弃的垃圾而改变颜色，到1950年代被昵称为"垃圾桶"1。鉴于该公园每年接待超过450万游客，垃圾污染问题日益严重1。

为了应对这一挑战，公园地质人员敦促游客"妥善处理垃圾"，并在季末将遗留的帽子清洗后捐赠1。

Yellowstone National Park workers collected a record 20,100 items of litter from geothermal areas this year, according to park officials 1. The debris included 280 hats, 54 lens caps, 47 hair ties, 42 pencils, 36 pairs of sunglasses, 20 hotel key cards, and 17 baby pacifiers 1. The geological team also recovered more than $18 worth of coins in various currencies—dollars, pesos, yen, and euros—during the 2026 summer season, along with six invisible aligners, eight miniature toy cars, three golf tees, and 15 false fingernails 1.

Park geologists emphasized that discarded items damage or permanently alter geothermal landscapes 1. The problem reflects the challenge of managing the park's more than 4.5 million annual visitors 1. The contamination issue is not new; Morning Glory Pool changed color due to visitor-discarded trash in the early 1900s and was nicknamed "the garbage can" by the 1950s 1. Park staff are urging visitors to dispose of waste properly and have begun washing abandoned hats and donating them at the end of each season 1.