Kapanlagi.com - Bikini Bottom is often said to be inspired by Bikini Atoll. However, in reality, there are no creatures like SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick, or Squidward found at the former site of the United States' atomic bomb tests.
In 2017, a team from Stanford University visited Bikini Atoll, 70 years after the US ended nuclear testing there. They were surprised to find thriving and abundant marine life in the craters left by the atomic bomb impacts. The creatures there proved to be resilient, despite being exposed to massive amounts of radiation.
The team, led by Steve Palumbi, discovered a diverse ecosystem within and around the bomb craters at Bikini Atoll. For example, there were corals as large as cars, as well as hundreds of fish species including tuna, sharks, and snapper.
There were also coconut crabs that pick and consume coconuts containing radioactive substances. Palumbi stated that, to the naked eye, the crabs, fish, and corals at Bikini Atoll appeared normal and healthy.
In fact, some coral reefs seemed to have been there for over a decade. Evidence was found that they began to grow about 10 years after the last bombs were dropped.
"The lagoon is filled with schools of fish swimming around the living coral reefs. Strangely, they are actually protected by the history of this place, the fish population there is in better condition than in other places because they are untouched. There are many sharks, and the coral reefs are large," said Palumbi. The team of scientists is also investigating the effects of radiation exposure on the DNA of animals there.
Not only the destruction caused by the series of nuclear tests. In 1978, scientists determined that Bikini Atoll was uninhabitable due to radiation effects, where the caesium-137 content in human bodies was 11 times the safe level.
Evacuations were again carried out for the residents who had returned home in 1970. Bikini Atoll became the site for atomic bomb tests named Operation Crossroads, which was held a year after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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