Whathappenstonatureafteranuclearaccident?Andhowdoeswildlifedealwiththeworlditinheritsafterhumaninhabitantshavefled?In1986anuclearmeltdownattheinfamousChernobylpowerplantinpresent-dayUkraineleftmilesoflandinradioactiveruins.Residentslivinginareasmostcontaminatedbythedisasterwereevacuatedandrelocatedbygovernmentorder,and...(展开全部)Whathappenstonatureafteranuclearaccident?Andhowdoeswildlifedealwiththeworlditinheritsafterhumaninhabitantshavefled?In1986anuclearmeltdownattheinfamousChernobylpowerplantinpresent-dayUkraineleftmilesoflandinradioactiveruins.Residentslivinginareasmostcontaminatedbythedisasterwereevacuatedandrelocatedbygovernmentorder,andano-man’slandofourownmakingwaslefttoitsowndevices.Intheensuing25years,forests,marshes,fieldsandriversreclaimedtheland,reversingtheeffectsofhundredsofyearsofhumandevelopment.Andsurprisingly,thisexclusionzone,or“deadzone,”hasbecomeakindofpost-nuclearEden,populatedbybeaverandbison,horsesandbirds,fishandfalcons–andruledbywolves.Accesstothezoneisnowpermitted,atleastonalimitedbasis,andscientistsaremonitoringthesurvivingwildlifeinthearea,tryingtolearnhowthevariousspeciesarecopingwiththeinvisibleblightofradiation.Asthetoppredatorsinthisnewwilderness,wolvesbestreflecttheconditionoftheentireecosystembecauseifthewolvesaredoingwell,thepopulationsoftheirpreymustalsobedoingwell.Accordingly,akeylong-termstudyofthewolveshasbeeninitiatedtodeterminetheirhealth,theirrange,andtheirnumbers.RadioactiveWolvesexaminesthestateofwildlifepopulationsinChernobyl’sexclusionzone,anareathat,tothisday,remainstooradioactiveforhumanhabitation.Originalbroadcastdate:October19,2011

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