Chernobyl's Animals
Oh meee-ow, let me change the subject. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez can give a person a headache from hell. Let's move onto something like this: Chernobyl's animals- okay, I see you're scratching your head so here's a summary.
Chernobyl was a nuclear disaster that occurred in 1986 in what was the Soviet Union. The plant in question was 65 miles north of Kiev, Ukraine. Solid background on this disaster can be found here:
https://www.britannica.com/event/Chernobyl-disaster
Now let's fast-forward this to 2019, as I was opening up MSN this morning I happened to run into this
https://www.msn.com/…/scientists-find-chernobyl…/ar-BBThFn7…
Okay, I can almost hear some of you going, 'Big deal.' What amuses me about the whole thing is- Newsweek- where in the hell have you been? This is just sinking into you now???
While you can't deem every single plant and animal in the Chernobyl area in good health (obviously) news of a thriving population of wildlife has been coming out of that area for a long time. The first thing that comes to mind in terms of how the environment itself adapted to the disaster is the hardiness of the plants- which seemed to have left some scientists astounded. However, the notable thing about Chernobyl is its variety of wildlife which includes European bison, brown bears and Przewalski's horses. Wolves have also thrived here and like I said, you're obviously going to have to watch for any health concerns here but the fact that this area is thriving in terms of wildlife is not news.
The Newsweek article is just an example of a really disturbing trend in journalism today and that's laziness. That's why I encourage everyone to read what they can, when they can, books, blogs, anything. My recommendation to the people at Newsweek is to get off the cell phones and wake-up. You're missing the boat on a lot of good stories by reporting on events that people already knew.
Chernobyl was a nuclear disaster that occurred in 1986 in what was the Soviet Union. The plant in question was 65 miles north of Kiev, Ukraine. Solid background on this disaster can be found here:
https://www.britannica.com/event/Chernobyl-disaster
Now let's fast-forward this to 2019, as I was opening up MSN this morning I happened to run into this
https://www.msn.com/…/scientists-find-chernobyl…/ar-BBThFn7…
Okay, I can almost hear some of you going, 'Big deal.' What amuses me about the whole thing is- Newsweek- where in the hell have you been? This is just sinking into you now???
While you can't deem every single plant and animal in the Chernobyl area in good health (obviously) news of a thriving population of wildlife has been coming out of that area for a long time. The first thing that comes to mind in terms of how the environment itself adapted to the disaster is the hardiness of the plants- which seemed to have left some scientists astounded. However, the notable thing about Chernobyl is its variety of wildlife which includes European bison, brown bears and Przewalski's horses. Wolves have also thrived here and like I said, you're obviously going to have to watch for any health concerns here but the fact that this area is thriving in terms of wildlife is not news.
The Newsweek article is just an example of a really disturbing trend in journalism today and that's laziness. That's why I encourage everyone to read what they can, when they can, books, blogs, anything. My recommendation to the people at Newsweek is to get off the cell phones and wake-up. You're missing the boat on a lot of good stories by reporting on events that people already knew.
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