Chernobyl's wild kingdom
Subtitle: life in the dead zone
By: Rebecca L. Johnson
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781467711548
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986; Radioecology; Juvenile literature
Description: After the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear explosion, scientists believed radiation would create a barren wasteland. Today, the Dead Zone is teeming with wildlife, but with every plant and animal being radioactive, scientists wonder how their survival is possible.

Looks at the events of the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident in the Ukraine, describing how scientists are monitoring the effects of radiation on the wildlife that continue to live there and what this means for the human population surrounding the area.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-61) and index.

Ages 12-18.

Accelerated Reader MG 8.2 2 2 168460
Table of contents: title: Nuclear nightmare; title: Wild kingdom; title: Resistant rodents; title: A swallow's tale; title: Learning from Chernobyl.