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Wild mammals 'have returned' to Chernobyl
Wild mammals 'have returned' to Chernobyl
By Victoria Gill
Science reporter, BBC News
Removing humans from what is now the exclusion zone around the damaged Chernobyl nuclear reactor has allowed wildlife to return.
This is according to a long-term census of mammals in the area, which researchers say has shown that wildlife numbers are likely to be "much higher than they were before the accident".
Professor Jim Smith of the University of Portsmouth led the study.
He stressed that this "does not mean that radiation is good for wildlife".
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34414914
By Victoria Gill
Science reporter, BBC News
Removing humans from what is now the exclusion zone around the damaged Chernobyl nuclear reactor has allowed wildlife to return.
This is according to a long-term census of mammals in the area, which researchers say has shown that wildlife numbers are likely to be "much higher than they were before the accident".
Professor Jim Smith of the University of Portsmouth led the study.
He stressed that this "does not mean that radiation is good for wildlife".
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34414914
It sorta makes you proud to be human, doesn't it?
We're worse for wildlife than radioactive fallout.
If you were a pig which would you rather be, radioactive and running free, or bacon?
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