Submission + - Nuked coral reef bounces back
sm62704 writes: "I found this New Scientest article interesting, as I was actually alive (albeit very small) when Bikini Atol was atom-bombed.
The article says that the reason the reefs are flourishing is because they are mostly undisturbed by humans, who are afraid of the radiation. Background levels there are now "similar to that at any Australian city", while nearby islands haven't been so lucky. "When I put the Geiger counter near a coconut, which accumulates radioactive material from the soil, it went berserk," says Maria Beger of the University of Queensland in Australia."What does a coral reef look like 50 years after being nuked? Not so bad, it seems. Coconuts growing on Bikini Atoll haven't fared so well, however.