| Coelacanth1938 | 23 Mar 2016 2:48 a.m. PST |
Simplifies scenics and terrain link |
| kallman | 23 Mar 2016 6:42 a.m. PST |
Wow, amazing research and troubling for the possible ramifications. |
| darthfozzywig | 23 Mar 2016 8:49 a.m. PST |
Weeeeeiiird In the event of a forest fire, 28 years' worth of undecayed leaves would provide an ideal fuel for the fire, which could then spread radiation throughout the region. Yikes. |
| Tom Bryant | 23 Mar 2016 11:44 a.m. PST |
I wonder if they couldn't start devloping strains of bacteria and insects hardened to the radiation to plant in the affected areas. It might be a solution to the problem. That or cutting down and clearing out the affected dead forest. |
| JimDuncanUK | 23 Mar 2016 12:15 p.m. PST |
Any work in the Red Forest would surely have to be done by robots as the radiation would be bad for humans. Besides, would it be a good idea to disturb the trees and leaves as this would spread the radiation even further? |
| Landorl | 23 Mar 2016 1:16 p.m. PST |
Any work in the Red Forest would surely have to be done by robots as the radiation would be bad for humans. Back in Stalin's day they would say, "So what…" |
| GR C17 | 23 Mar 2016 1:29 p.m. PST |
Would a controlled burn be in order, or would that release radiation? |
 Dances With Words   | 23 Mar 2016 2:21 p.m. PST |
radiation in the materials…..or water….cannot be 'removed' by filtration, etc….it's there until…..it's 'radiated' away…..depending the half-life of the isotopes… |
| goragrad | 23 Mar 2016 2:29 p.m. PST |
Interesting that its the soil bacteria and insects that were and are hit so hard. With 28 years accumulation of leaf litter, apparently new growth is occurring in the trees and bushes. And a significant number of trees and bushes must have survived the original incident. Was rather surprised to see the comment that 'Recent research has found that radiation therapy can cause severe complications in cancer patients by reducing the populations of helpful bacteria in the intestines.' Radiation effects on the body have been studied for decades, and if asked, I would have answered that that had been discovered years ago. |
| freerangeegg | 24 Mar 2016 2:48 a.m. PST |
In the event of a forest fire, 28 years' worth of undecayed leaves would provide an ideal fuel for the fire, which could then spread radiation throughout the region. Except there aren't 28 years of undecayed leaves, there are one lot of 28 year old leaves from when the trees died 28 years ago.
Nothing happening here, move along… |
| Col Durnford | 24 Mar 2016 5:34 a.m. PST |
freerangeegg – Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story. |
| Maxim C Gatling | 24 Mar 2016 2:14 p.m. PST |
Much of their work has taken them into the Red Forest, the infamous wooded region surrounding Chernobyl where the trees turned an ominous reddish-brown color before dying. Now I know what is the correct color to paint my Fallout trees…. |
| Mark Plant | 24 Mar 2016 3:02 p.m. PST |
I suspect the actual area involved is tiny. They couldn't even find a photo that didn't have some healthy ones in the near background! We're talking about the sort of radiation involved in mining granite. But, hey, why waste a chance for useless alarmism about "raaay-diation" Meanwhile North Korea is actually letting off real atomic bombs. |
| altfritz | 25 Mar 2016 5:05 p.m. PST |
Well they have been studying the wolf and fish populations for years. There is at least one documentary about it. So this is probably a just scare story. |
| Maxim C Gatling | 28 Mar 2016 9:18 a.m. PST |
Ok, dead-looking deciduous trees are easy, just don't put leaves on them. Anyone know how to HO/15mm scale dead evergreen trees? I need some dead pines/redwoods. |
