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Chernobyl still an issue: 'shows insect decline'

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Two decades after the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, radiation is still causing a reduction in the numbers of insects and spiders. 'What we found was the same basic pattern throughout these areas - the numbers of organisms declined with increasing contamination.'

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Please note this is very preliminary data by Andrey Gerasimenko on Tuesday, Mar 24, 2009 at 3:17:07 PM
complex system by sometimes blinded on Tuesday, Mar 24, 2009 at 10:29:15 PM