Nuked coral reef recovers

**Disco Dan** · 22nd April 2008, 14:09

Nuked Coral Reef Recovers:

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50 Years after being used for nuclear testing this reef has begun recovering astonishingly well.

Map of Bikini Atoll:

**Finn** · 22nd April 2008, 14:10

Who gives a fuck? I know I don't.

**firefighter** · 22nd April 2008, 14:12

Yeah and the vets who had to witness it still haven't got any compensation.....we'll ensure we don't skimp out on the beneficiaries though

**Disco Dan** · 22nd April 2008, 14:13

It shows how nature can live through/past an apocalyptic event such as nuclear weapons while the humans on the land and sea took far longer before being able to re-inhabit the islands.

**Goblin** · 22nd April 2008, 14:24

Originally Posted by Finn

Who gives a fuck? I know I don't.

Are you French?
Honey, I blew up the Atoll.

**Cajun** · 22nd April 2008, 14:28

Originally Posted by Disco Dan

It shows how nature can live through/past an apocalyptic event such as nuclear weapons while the humans on the land and sea took far longer before being able to re-inhabit the islands.

Nice but only half the story, i read an article about this last week

The reef might be recovering, but the also tested the coconuts on the island which pretty much read off the limit on the gicter counter

i will find the article i was reading

**Cajun** · 22nd April 2008, 14:30

okay

http://environment.newscientist.com/...nces-back.html

Originally Posted by Article

"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."

Beger took a Geiger counter with her on dives and says that the background levels were similar to that at any Australian city. The same could not be said of coconuts growing on the islands.

"When I put the Geiger counter near a coconut, which accumulates radioactive material from the soil, it went berserk," says Beger.

**Disco Dan** · 22nd April 2008, 14:30

Originally Posted by Cajun

Nice but only half the story, i read an article about this last week

The reef might be recovering, but the also tested the coconuts on the island which pretty much read off the limit on the gicter counter

i will find the article i was reading

This one:

http://www.bikiniatoll.com/

Yes thats true, i'm more interested in the aquatic life than the human life on the little island which is why I was reading the "practical fishkeeping" website and not the "I love humans website".

How dare they test nuclear weapons ON an undisturbed coral reef? Should have tested them in Washington.

**nodrog:Me** · 22nd April 2008, 14:34

Originally Posted by Finn

Who gives a fuck? I know I don't.

the fucken hippies do! Steam will be along shortly.

**imdying** · 22nd April 2008, 15:05

Nuclear weapons, FUCK YEAH!

**007XX** · 22nd April 2008, 15:05

Originally Posted by Disco Dan

How dare they test nuclear weapons ON an undisturbed coral reef? Should have tested them in Washington.

Well, I never really thought this day would come, but...I'm glad you posted that article Dan.

I happen to care very much for what is happening to the coral reef, having been born in New Caledonia and spent my childhood there. I left at 19, in disgust mostly for the poor management exercising on "my" island by the french gubermonkeys.

Thanks for posting this Dan.