Deep ocean animals are eating radioactive carbon from nuclear bomb tests

Deep ocean animals are eating radioactive carbon from nuclear bomb tests. A new study has revealed that even the most remote and deep regions on Earth are not isolated from human activities. According to the research, radioactive carbon leftover from nuclear bomb tests in the 1950s and 1960s has made its way to the bottom of the ocean. Researchers have discovered that crustaceans that live at the bottom of the ocean are eating radioactive carbon that has passed through the food web. A study detailing …