Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major report finds

Re:Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major r... by CalRobert on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @08:38AM (#18335921)

That would be devastating for individual organisms, but what would the large scale ecological impact be? Chernobyl is home to quite a bit of wildlife as I understand it.

Also, if we're talking about a world after the exchange of thousands of ICBM's I'm not sure how much relative impact the melting down of the world's nuclear power plants would have.

The problem has been considered before, though probably as a general safety issue rather than trying not to further irradiate a barren world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_nuclear_safety

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Re:Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major r... by code_duck on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @12:17PM (#18338219)

Wildlife thrive near Chernobyl because normal human activity is more destructive than that radiological disaster has been.

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Re:Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major r... by pvaldes on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @12:26PM (#18338349)

And because there is a replacement outside. Chernobil is acting as a sink for some species with individuals inside being killed faster but replaced with immigrants constantly.

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Re:Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major r... by code_duck on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @10:28PM (#18342897)

I thought studies said that mortality wasn’t significantly increased, though some deformities were?

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