‘Bomb Carbon’ from Cold War Nuclear Tests Found in the Ocean’s Deepest Trenches
Hirondellea gigas (left) is a type of amphipod that lives in the Mariana Trench. It is just one of the deep-sea crustacean species affected by nuclear weapons that were tested decades ago. Credit: Daiju Azuma, CC BY 2.5/U.S. Department of Energy Crustaceans that live in the deepest part of the ocean carry radioactive carbon in their bodies, a legacy …
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