Posted on 10/05/2015 8:35:15 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
Oct 5 - Some 30 years after the world's worst nuclear accident blasted radiation across Chernobyl, the site has evolved from a disaster zone into a nature reserve, teeming with elk, deer and wolves, scientists said on Monday.
The remarkable turnaround in the area, which was declared a permanent no-go zone for people after the accident in 1986, suggests radiation contamination is not hindering wildlife from breeding and thriving, but underscores the negative impact humans have on populations of wild mammals.
"When humans are removed, nature flourishes - even in the wake of the world's worst nuclear accident," said Jim Smith, a specialist in earth and environmental sciences at Britain's University of Portsmouth. "It's very likely that wildlife numbers at Chernobyl are now much higher than they were before the accident."
After a fire and explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986 threw clouds of radioactive particles into the air, thousands of people left the area, never to return.
Smith and co-researchers took the opportunity to see what happens to wildlife in an area where contamination is heavy but people are largely absent.
Earlier studies in the 4,200 square kilometer (1,600 square miles) Chernobyl Exclusion Zone showed major radiation effects and pronounced reductions in wildlife populations.
But new evidence, based on long-term census data, shows that mammal populations have bounced back.
The study found a relative abundance of elk, roe deer, red deer and wild boar -- with population rates similar to those found in four designated, and uncontaminated, nature reserves in the region. The number of wolves living in and around the Chernobyl site is more than seven times greater than can be found in comparable nature reserves.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Two headed wolves count as one or two in a population survey.
Just like life after the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, nature has a way of cleaning it self up and moving on.
Proof positive: Mother Gaia doesn’t hold a grudge.
One point I like to bring up when one of my liberal friends is getting all weepy about an oil spill is...
How did the planet survive WWII when stocked to the gills OIL TANKERS were being torpedoed on a daily basis?
Excellent point ... same one I often bring up. Usually followed by much sputtering and evil looks.
At which point many will say ... that is in the vastness of the Ocean not the Gulf of Mexico.
My answer ... there has been more oil spilled in the gulf then in any ocean and yet the gulf is thriving. Also, there is more oil seeping into the Gulf from the seabed on a daily basis than has ever been spilled by accident. (All corroborated by Government studies).
When the greenies start loudly supporting nuclear power, you'll know what they're really up to.
Therefore?
“When humans are removed, nature flourishes”
THAT is the gang green’s plan. Nature flourishing= good. Humans flourishing= bad
They are so determined to implement their Agend 21 that I wouldn’t put it past them to either have a false flag nuke detonation or a reactor *accident* to remove humans from a large portion of the country
Search on: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
From bomb blasted to major cities.
Q. What has feathers and glows in the dark?
A. Chicken Kiev
So-o-o-o-o-o, Jim Smith, are you recommending Britain's University of Portsmouth be razed?
Shhhh...
DON’T tell the environazis about this.
They will think it’s a “good idea”.
Crude is a 100% natural substance.
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