The answer is simple: the longer they live the bigger they get. According to Denys Vyshnevskiy, Head of the Department of Flora and Fauna Ecology of the Chernobyl Radiation and …

2016年6月23日 · Among the hefty residents of the Chernobyl pond are wels catfish (Silurus glanis), a species known to reach gargantuan proportions across much of its range.

An unusual habitat for the species exists inside the Chernobyl exclusion zone, where a small population lives in abandoned cooling ponds and channels at a close distance to the …

2023年4月4日 · A 1996 study on the Chernobyl catfish raised the alarm when it found that the fish in the cooling pond exhibited genetic damage related to the concentration of Cesium-137. …

2015年9月19日 · According to recent scientific research, the waters of Chernobyl have been plagued with radionuclides ever since the explosion. In turn, this has strangely increased the …

2023年4月7日 · In 1975, the Chernobyl cooling pond was created to transfer heat from the nuclear reactors to the air. Fish were killed, & radioactive sediment was caused by …

2021年9月2日 · The accident that occurred on April 26, 1986, at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is the largest manufactured disaster in the history of humankind. Today, the ghost town …

This study examines the levels of contamination and genetic damage associated with radiocesium in catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) from the cooling pond and a control site. In general, catfish from …

2024年1月15日 · Despite its‍ reputation as a potential mutant, the ‍Chernobyl catfish is simply a product of its⁤ environment, thriving in the unique ecosystem that has developed in the wake …

2016年6月21日 · Fish in Chernobyl plant's cooling pond Eugene Mazurenko dunked his camera in the pools, where highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel was dumped after the disaster. Yet what …