Thousands of hectares of Chernobyl-affected farmland, long deemed too dangerous for cultivation in northern Ukraine can ...

Among the survivors, the dogs of Chernobyl found shelter in empty homes and old factories. In the first days after the explosion, radiation levels around the reactor were intense. Some animals ...

And, unbelievably, today is the 39th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster when radioactive isotopes, caesium-137 and strontium-90, were released into the atmosphere from a power plant on ...

Supported by the China-initiated Global Development Fund, two further projects aim to address critical needs: one to prevent wildfires in the Chernobyl exclusion zone - fires that risk releasing ...

Each year, the International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day serves as a powerful reminder of the nuclear accident of 1986 that displaced hundreds of thousands, caused long-lasting environmental ...

The Ny-Ålesund no-radio zone is intended to protect the Kartverket's Geodetic Earth Observatory, which uses four different techniques to support global work on a consistent earth model.

In the eerie silence of the abandoned city of Prypiat, time seems to stand still. Amidst the haunting remnants of daily life and the scarred landscapes left by the Chernobyl disaster, a forgotten ...

Livestock coming from a designated Bluetongue virus zone will not be allowed to this year's Royal Highland Show following a statement on the organisation's website. As a result all eyes are on the ...

Decades after the nuclear disaster, Chernobyl’s wolves continue to survive—and even thrive—inside the exclusion zone. Scientists are studying their resilience to radiation, hoping it could ...