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Biological impacts of the Fukushima on the pale grass blue butterfly
- superprime 14y agothis may have a wider impact, what with "a butterfly flapping its wings in Japan"
- bpodgursky 14y ago"When a butterfly flaps its tentacles in Japan..."
- niels_olson 14y ago> However, precise information on exactly what occurred and on what is still ongoing is yet to be established This is why, if you are trying to publish in another language, you need not only a translator, but a technical proofreader who knows what you're talking about. I do this for a Japanese company (ThinkSCIENCE), and I feel fairly certain they didn't have a proof reader with expertise. I'm starting up a pathology research collaboration in San Diego, and when I proof pathology papers, I still feel like there are things I need to look up or try a couple of different ways before I'm sure I understand. But this is basic grammar!
- corporalagumbo 14y agoWhy worry? Natural selection will iron out any weird genetic kinks within a few generations.
- teeja 14y agoMaybe it will, maybe it won't ... once the radiation is gone ... if ever. Natural selection doesn't do ironing. And that which is weakened can become extinct.
- celias 14y agoOne word - Mothra (http://godzilla.wikia.com/wiki/Mothra http://godzilla.wikia.com/wiki/Mothra)
- whyenot 14y agoYou are assuming that the butterfly is the only part of the ecosystem that has changed. That seems highly unlikely.
- ghshephard 14y agoAnd so, we read about genetically altered Lepidopterans, said alterations brought about by nuclear waste release from a japanese power accident. This isn't at all ironic.
- Wingman4l7 14y agoReminds me of all the wildlife studies done after the Chernobyl disaster: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster_effects#Studies_on_wildlife_status_in_the_Exclusion_Zone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster_effects#Stud...
- pheon 14y agoThis is great research, as it provides more empirical evidence on what is actually happening vs bureaucrats fiddling with numbers in excel.. think China`s Official GDP vs Electricity output. There was a good post a few weeks ago where sea water samples were taken in and around Fukushima area + further out. What was interesting is they detected high continuous levels of radiation in the water south of the power plant which should have diffused by now (half life of I 131)... their hypothesis was groundwater contamination.