Nuked Coral Reef Thrives, but Coconuts Glow
source: http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn13668-nuked-coral-reef-bounces-back.html?DCMP=...
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Report about the environmental health of the three islands of Bikini Atoll, which were vaporized by the Bravo hydrogen bomb in 1954. What researchers have found is a "thriving ecosystem of 183 species of coral, some of which were 8 metres high. They estimate that the diversity of species represents about 65% of what was present before the atomic tests."
Unfortunately, the coconuts growing on the island haven't done so well.
"When I put the Geiger counter near a coconut, which accumulates radioactive material from the soil, it went berserk," says Beger."
Unfortunately, the coconuts growing on the island haven't done so well.
"When I put the Geiger counter near a coconut, which accumulates radioactive material from the soil, it went berserk," says Beger."
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Ya, the coconuts tend to glow in the dark, but they're real cheap. Gotta look at the bright side. :(
Well, that's okay, cuz my off-spring - in about one hundred thousand years will be able to buy property there. I here it's nice in the summer.
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