Nuked Coral Reef Bounces Back 332
sm62704 writes "I found this New Scientist article interesting, as I was actually alive (albeit very small) when Bikini Atoll was H-bombed. The article says that the reason the reefs are now flourishing is because they are mostly undisturbed by humans, who are afraid of the radiation. Background levels there are now 'similar to that at any Australian city,' while nearby islands haven't been so lucky.'When I put the Geiger counter near a coconut, which accumulates radioactive material from the soil, it went berserk,' says Maria Beger of the University of Queensland in Australia."
vacation (Score:3, Funny)
obvious next step (Score:5, Funny)
Re:obvious next step (Score:5, Funny)
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berserk? (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Really? (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Radiation similar to that at any Australian cit (Score:5, Funny)
What? You thought kangaroos were natural?
Oblig: (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah but.. (Score:5, Funny)
To people of Japan, your cities are no longer safe. Run for your lives. The coral is back, and this time it's pissed
Re:Coconuts migrate on their own... (Score:5, Funny)
I think this is a note to self: do NOT eat coconuts that you find on the seashore. I wonder if anyone's realized that little issue...
Re:berserk? (Score:5, Funny)
(Okay, so most
Re:berserk? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Nuke the hypoxic dead zones! (Score:2, Funny)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_zone_(ecology) [wikipedia.org]
It's cool (Score:5, Funny)
It was silly though, back when US sentiment was so against Bikini Atoll, that everyone decided to change the name "Bikini" to "Freedom suit."
Re:Reality TV? (Score:3, Funny)
You can always add some more lawyers and politicians to make things more interesting.
Just drop them off with parachutes, give them one and only instruction ("Survive"), sit back and enjoy the mayh^Hshow;)
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Re:Coconuts migrate on their own... (Score:4, Funny)
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that's not the only benefit... (Score:2, Funny)
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A Giger counter presumably counts paintings.
Swallows could make it worse (Score:5, Funny)
Well, (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Radiation induced changes to coconuts (Score:2, Funny)
Eureka!! (Score:2, Funny)
...just nuke the damn things and have done. Would destroy the blasted things right quick and there would be no danger from radioactive coconu....oh...
Re:That may happen (Score:3, Funny)
Typically Los Angeles, though they are widely distributed amongst other communities as well.
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In other words (Score:3, Funny)
Re:That may happen (Score:5, Funny)
Note to self:
Don't visit an Australian city.
Re:That may happen (Score:4, Funny)
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For what it's worth, that didn't seem to be hurting pacific island groups whose diets were up to 60% coconuts (http://coconutdiet.com/cholesterol.htm), but it might still be a bad idea for western senior citizen tourists who might already have heart problems.