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Cold War Nuke Tests Changed Rainfall, Research Shows

by University of Reading

Radioactive period following nuclear bomb tests changed rainfall patterns thousands of miles from the detonation sites

Radiation in Parts of Marshall Islands Is Higher than Chernobyl

by Columbia University

Radioactive Carbon from Nuclear Bomb Tests Found in Deep Ocean Trenches

by American Geophysical Union

North Korea's 2017 Bomb Test Set Off Later Earthquakes

by The Earth Institute at Columbia University

Using newly refined analysis methods, scientists have discovered that a North Korean nuclear bomb test last fall set off aftershocks over a period of eight months

After Fukushima: Radiation Levels in Food Predicted

by University of Portsmouth

Scientists can predict with confidence what the effect of the Japanese disaster has had and will continue to have thanks to a legacy of data on radioactive pollution in the environment after decades of nuclear testing worldwide

First Nuclear Explosion Helps Test Theory of Moon’s Formation

by Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Scripps-led study analyzed glasses found at Trinity nuclear test site

Nuke Test Radiation Can Fight Poachers

by University of Utah

University of Utah researchers developed a new weapon to fight poachers who kill elephants, hippos, rhinos and other wildlife. By measuring radioactive carbon-14 deposited in tusks and teeth by open-air nuclear bomb tests, the method reveals the year an animal died, and thus whether the ivory was taken illegally.