The World’s Glaciers Are Sponging Up Loads of Nuclear Fallout, But You Shouldn’t Worry — Yet
By Brandon Specktor, Senior Writer Live Science
The world’s ice is rapidly disappearing, but not without a trace. Ancient artifacts, frozen corpses, long-dead viruses and loads of trapped greenhouse gases are the parting gifts left behind as Earth’s melting glaciers and permafrost retreat. And now, thanks to ongoing global research, a new (and concerning) item can be added to that list: nuclear fallout.
In a recent survey of glaciers around the world, an international team of scientists discovered elevated levels of fallout radionuclides — radioactive atoms that result from nuclear accidents and weapons tests — in every single glacier studied.
“We wanted to show this is a global issue and not just localized near sources of nuclear contamination,” said study researcher Caroline Clason, a University of Plymouth lecturer in physical geography. [Images of Melt: Earth’s Vanishing Ice]
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Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Literature. She attended the University of Toledo, College of Nursing, and received a Master’s of Nursing Science Degree as an Educator.
She has traveled extensively, is a photographer, and writes on medical issues. Carol has three children RJ, Katherine, and Stephen – one daughter-in-law; Katie – two granddaughters; Isabella Marianna and Zoe Olivia – and one grandson, Alexander Paul. She also shares her life with her husband Gordon Duff, many cats, and two rescues.
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I wintered over in Antarctica 3 years after the US pulled it’s nuclear power plant out of Mcmurdo station, I was told mainly thru pressure from other nations, but also because it was down more times it was on line.
For about 10 years volcanic rubble/gravel was back loaded to the US by ship, although they left intact the warehouse next door with an Aladdins cave of brand new tools, most which ended up in my garage at home, sorry US tax payers.
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