Wind blows through the desolate town of Pripyat. On April 26, 1986, this amusement park was being readied for the annual May Day celebrations when the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded less than two miles away and severely contaminated tens of thousands of square miles. see more work by Gerd Ludwig[...]
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April 26th, 2012 - 11:29 am § in Misc.
Reef Keeping
Burke Blog : Winifred Kehl SCIENCE!! Comics – Episode One Click here for a larger image! Learn more! The Moorea barrier reef was able to recover thanks partly to its population of fish. Some reefs – like those in the Caribbean – are over fished and do not recover well. All r[...]
The essential lesson from the Japan earthquake for the U.S.
Ed . the graphic at the left was mashed up (by me) last year to show what an earthquake might look like in Seattle if it were accompanied by even a mild tsunami. The article below appeared in SA about a years ago, but now is perhaps a good time to think about what could […][...]