The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but not to every form of life. Part of that may be the lack of humans… but for one organism, at least, the ionizing radiation lingering inside ...
Microscopic ocean algae produce a huge share of Earth’s oxygen—but they need iron to do it. New field research shows that when iron is scarce, phytoplankton waste energy and photosynthesis falters.