Recent studies show that glaciers are significantly affected by pollution, and in general by human activities, but few people would imagine that their surface contains traces of nuclear contamination and radioactivity. It has been recently claimed that high amounts of radioactivity have accumulated on glaciers, only beaten by the radioactivity levels of sites where nuclear incidents and tests have ...[Read More]
Did you know… the surface of melting glaciers is one of the most radioactive places on Earth?
Small cryoconite holes covered by thin ice lids. Photo credit : Giovanni Baccolo