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I guess the need was different in the .. khm .. political sense. One could argue that nature does not care either way and the Chornobyl exclusion zone has show
by jnsaff2 4y ago
I guess the need was different in the .. khm .. political sense.
One could argue that nature does not care either way and the Chornobyl exclusion zone has shown a lot of natural diversity/activity. No dead wasteland at all.
I wonder whether the true wastelands are more specific poisoning than radiation related.
- Mistletoe 4y agoI wouldn’t say nature doesn’t care, it’s more complex than that. Insects and arachnids in particular seem very sensitive to it as opposed to mammals. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19324644/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19324644/ Reduced abundance of insects and spiders linked to radiation at Chernobyl 20 years after the accident And genetic mutations in plants and animals increased by a factor of 20. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S000632071100317X https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00063...
- jnsaff2 4y agoNature as a whole may change, habitats change. That is not caring tho, no? Also, mutation (as in variation) is one of the pillars of evolution. That said, I would rather we don't mess with nature without a very good reason and lots of care.