Researchers from the University of South Carolina and the National Human Genome Research Institute have started analysing the ...
A SHOCK discovery in mutant black frogs could lead to humans returning to the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear disaster zone.
"Exactly eight years ago, a new sarcophagus was slid over the old one, covering the fourth power unit of the Chernobyl ...
The frogs residing in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone appear remarkably unaffected by radiation when it comes to their age and ...
Civilisation may be able to safely return to Chernobyl, the site of the 1986 Soviet nuclear disaster, after scientists ...
The authors say that the results reinforce the role of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone as a wildlife refuge that must be preserved, especially given that the current impact of the accident appears to ...
However, Chernobyl’s situation has changed a lot since the accident – today ... This explains the vast abundance and diversity of animals living in Chernobyl today. However, we have to ...
Studies of the animals and plants in the area around Chernobyl provide clues as to ... disappeared months after the accident.' He continued: 'Big areas of the exclusion zone now maintain radiation ...
"is essential to carry out a correct assessment of the current impact of the accident on wildlife. The results of this work reinforce the role of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone as a wildlife refuge ...