黄雨的蜜蜂粪便说  

THE BEE FECES THEORY OF YELLOW RAIN

作　　者：张忠英[1] 

机构地区：[1]南京大学地球科学系

出　　处：《南京大学学报（自然科学版）》1994年第2期286-294,共9页Journal of Nanjing University（Natural Science）

基　　金：国家自然科学基金

摘　　要：８０年代国际上围绕黄雨问题展开了一场大论战．争论的焦点是，黄雨究竟是人造的生物／化学致毒武器，还是一种自然现象．作者早在１９７７年便提出黄雨的蜜蜂粪便说，认为黄雨是一种自然现象─—蜜蜂在空中净化排出的粪便．黄雨的蜜蜂粪便说现已得到国际公认，是对中国、东南亚（老挝和柬埔寨）和马来西来黄雨的唯一令人满意的解释．本文旨在总结１０多年来国内外在黄雨科学这一研究领域所取得的成就和进展．During the 1980s there was a considerable controversy in the world over theorigin of yellow rain. The point at issue was whether yellow rain was biological--chemicalwarfare agents or a phenomenon of nature. The purpose of this contribution is to make aconcluding report on achievements and advances in the research of yeljow rain at home andabroad during the past ten years and more.Since the mid-1970s there has been three reported allow rain events.occurring in theworld. Early in September 1976, mysterious-rain-like yellow drops, called 'yellow rain' bythe local people, first fell from the sky over many regions of northern Jiangsu Province. Yellow rain fell.as a liquid or paste on plant leaves, roofs and fields. The drops, ranging in sizefrom 2 to 6 mm, were usually round to oval, and looked like a half of a soybean, with paley8llow to yellowish brown colour. It did not stick to the ground tightly and became pow-dery after poking. The yellow spots fell only for a short time, from a few minutes toten-odd minutes, usually over a limited area. The density varied from several to over 10drops per m2 on average, with a maximum of 160 drops recorded. Many people talkedabout the yellow rain phenomenon with curiosity at the start, and this developed into apanic. A popular interpretation was to associate yellow rain with earthquakes, since in thesummer of the same year there was a disastrous earthquake in Tangshan, eastern HebeiProvince. People took the yelloW drops as a sign of another big earthquake. Being afraid ofit, they stayed outside of their houses. Some suspected that the yellow deposits were airdropped toxin agents, and as a result did not dare take food or drink in case of contamina-tion by the yellow material.By the end of the 1970s and the early 1980s, yellow rain was reported in succession inSouth-East Asia (mainly Laos and Cambodia). Local villagers reported that yellow rainwas associated with strange and serious diseases, including vomiting and diarrhea, skin irritation and lesions, dizziness, convulsion, ga

关 键 词：黄雨 花粉 蜜蜂 密蜂粪便说 

分 类 号：X17[环境科学与工程—环境科学]