Japan: Scientists study birds at Fukushima

MSNBC: Scientists are focusing on Japan's Fukushima area after a study published this week found an alarming development at another nuclear disaster site -- Chernobyl. The proportion of female birds has fallen off since the 1986 disaster at Chernobyl, the study found, and that appears to be causing male birds to increase their chirping in efforts to find a mate. "The Chernobyl zone is a population sink, or an ecological trap, that brings in new birds each year but these birds suffer lower survival,"...

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