(((Yet more proof that a nuclear holocaust is small potatoes compared to a climate crisis. Coral *loves* radioactivity. But change the seawater temperature just a couple degrees and it's game over.)))
http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn13668-nuked-coral-reef-bounces-back.html
Link: Nuked coral reef bounces back - earth - 14 April 2008 - New Scientist Environment.
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"Richards and colleagues report a thriving ecosystem of 183 species of coral, some of which were 8 metres high. They estimate that the diversity of species represents about 65% of what was present before the atomic tests.
"The ecologists think the nearby Rongelap Atoll is seeding the Bikini Atoll, and the lack of human disturbance is helping its recovery. Although the ambient radiation is low, people have remained at bay. (((That's also what made Chernobyl one vast green oasis for Eurasian wildlife.)))
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"Apart from occasional forays of illegal shark, tuna and Napoleon Wrasse fishing, the reef is almost completely undisturbed to this day," says Maria Beger of the University of Queensland in Australia. "There are very few local inhabitants and the divers who visit dive on shipwrecks, like the USS Saratoga, and not on the reef."...
