Sometimes A Lack Of Radioactivity Is A Bad Thing
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 15:49
in Earth & Climate
When Ohio State glaciologists failed to find the expected radioactive signals in the latest core they drilled from a Himalayan ice field, they knew it meant trouble for their research. Those missing markers of radiation, remnants from atomic bomb tests a half-century ago, could mean a much greater threat to the half-billion or more people living downstream of that vast mountain range. Advertisement: read more
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