Ships sunk in nuclear tests host diverse corals, study says. But do we need them?

Mongabay
Mar 23, 2022, 11:36 am175 pts
On May 25, 1946, the United States detonated the first underwater nuclear bomb at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands to see what kind of damage it would cause. This particular bomb, known by the codename “Baker,” sank eight warships that had been deliberately positioned around the atoll, and produced a…

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Ships sunk in nuclear tests host diverse corals, study says. But do we need them?

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