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Francie Diep
at 03:14 AM Mar 15 2014
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Strange to say, fallen logs, leaf litter and other forest debris doesn't decay as quickly around Chernobyl's most affected areas as it does elsewhere, Smithsonian reports. When scientists set out to study the phenomenon, they found that lingering radiation from the 1986 nuclear meltdown is stunting fungi and other microbes' ability to break down leaves in parts of the land that's most contaminated.
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at 02:59 AM Dec 5 2012
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