Chernobyl, My Primeval, Teeming, Irradiated Eden - A Superb Article on Chernobly 25 Years Later

[Pandora]

The title says it all. Writing this good is very rare indeed. I hope you read it all. It's worth it to get to the bit about the catfish at the end . . . . not to mention the surreal descriptions of the local culture.

Funny, last I had heard, on a documentary about a decade ago, they thought there wasn't much in the way of mutation or genome damage. Well, here we are a bit further along. Chilling. And yet the title is perfect . . .

Saloforum.com

www.saloforum.com

 

[Ljosalfar]

Thanks for this - quite relevant, and hopeful in its way.
L

 

[imPsimon]

Here's a documentary about Chernobyl Wildlife.

Chernobyl Reclaimed
Part one:
[youtube]

 

[Pandora]

Is the above documentary the one that shows the feral cat colonies thriving in Pripyat? If so, that's the old one that says (if I remember correctly) that because the local life all live and die (have a generation) in under 20 years the genetics appeared okay. The link I provided is brand new and has up to date information. Chilling report.

 

[Felnik]

thats a great article thanks for posting its a great read

 

[blue lunar night]

yes, thank you - very engaging writing...

both chilling and hopeful "in its way", as Ljosalfar said.

sets the stage for a bizarro future in which Slavic tribes hunt giant bio-luminescent wild boar under the shadow of the 'giant steel sarcophagus' of reactor 4... truth truly is stranger than fiction! :shock:

 

[Ljosalfar]

^
I'll be looking for the hunting party next time I enter hyperspace...!

 

[fidget]

There is a website somewhere with gruesome details on the children born since. I'll try to track it down.

 

[1664]

Just watched this earlier today - it's a really well made documentary about a waste storage facility they are currently building that is designed to last 100,000 years. Thought provoking stuff. There can't be a long term future for the nuclear option.

Into Eternity

 

[Pandora]

Here is an updated link to the original paper - still a really fascinating read . . .

Chernobyl, My Primeval, Teeming, Irradiated Eden

Decades after the Soviet-era meltdown drove 60,000 people from their homes in the Ukraine, a rebirth is taking place inside the exclusion zone. With Geiger counter in hand, the author explores Europe's strangest wildlife refuge, an enchanted post-apocalyptic forest from which entirely new...

www.outsideonline.com

 

[dreamer042]

Fascinating read indeed!

Thanks for sharing this. :thumb_up: