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Professor Timothy Mousseau

@TimMousseau2

Professor of Biological Sciences (also at #Tim_Mousseau); Environmental Research in Chernobyl and Fukushima

 University of South Carolina
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Joined April 2014
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Military action in radioactive Chernobyl could be dangerous for people and the environment

Military action in radioactive Chernobyl could be dangerous for people and the environment

With Russian troops rolling through the Chernobyl exclusion zone in Ukraine, a biologist who studies wildlife in the area describes the risks of disturbing this radioactive landscape.

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The Bomb Next Door - The American Scholar theamericanscholar.org/the-b… via @theamscho
The Bomb Next Door - The American Scholar

The Bomb Next Door - The American Scholar

Eighty years into the atomic age, U.S. nuclear power reactors have produced several million tons of radioactive waste—and we still have no idea how to dispose of it

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A ‘Silent Victim’: How Nature Becomes a Casualty of War nytimes.com/2022/04/13/scien…

A ‘Silent Victim’: How Nature Becomes a Casualty of War (Published 2022)

Research on past conflicts suggests that the war in Ukraine could have a profound environmental impact.

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The Chernobyl Research Initiative Lab – War in Ukraine threatens an intriguing piece of wildlife science economist.com/science-and-te…
War in Ukraine threatens an intriguing piece of wildlife science

War in Ukraine threatens an intriguing piece of wildlife science

A long-term study of radiation’s effects on nature may be over

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This just in from a colleague near Chernobyl: "Russian military invaders have already begun killing civilians. They are fighting from Gradiv to residential neighborhoods and orphanages. A minibus with passengers were shot dead in the village of Dytyatky."
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Russian Invasion and Chernobyl Dangers

Dr. Tim Mousseau, a University of South Carolina biologist who has done extensive studies on plant and animal life around the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site, joined Queen City News Now to talk about...

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Concerns mount over conflict in Chernobyl exclusion zone

Concerns mount over conflict in Chernobyl exclusion zone

As Russian troops continue to inch their way through Ukraine, a secondary disaster is possible: a reaction at Chernobyl.

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This new study proves it! Chernobyl birds are hot! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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New paper reassesses the Atomic Bomb Testing Era (i.e. start of the Anthropocene) literature related to radiation testing on dogs. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Chernobyl 'Exclusion Zone' Radiation Doses Reanalyzed

Chernobyl 'Exclusion Zone' Radiation Doses Reanalyzed

Evidence builds that animals are scarcer in more heavily contaminated areas

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Our latest paper examines selection in yeast! Curiously, and contrary to expectations, there is no evidence for elevated mutation rates in Chernobyl populations. academic.oup.com/gbe/article…
Population Size, Sex and Purifying Selection: Comparative Genomics of Two Sister Taxa of the Wild...

Population Size, Sex and Purifying Selection: Comparative Genomics of Two Sister Taxa of the Wild...

Abstract. This study uses population genomic data to estimate demographic and selection parameters in two sister lineages of the wild yeast Saccharomyces p

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Our latest article explores the impacts of Chernobyl radiation on gut microbiome of rodents. It provides a new look at microbiome diversity in the face of stress. researchgate.net/publication… besjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
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Another Chernobyl rodent paper, this one describing variation in the gut microbiome of voles: nature.com/articles/s41597-0…
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Our latest paper reaffirms previous findings that mammals are less abundant in the more radioactive areas of the #Chernobyl (#Chornobyl) Zone. Published in Nature's Scientific Reports (#UofSC) nature.com/articles/s41598-0…

Dose reconstruction supports the interpretation of decreased abundance of mammals in the Chernobyl...

Scientific Reports - Dose reconstruction supports the interpretation of decreased abundance of mammals in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

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Our latest paper on congenital malformations in children exposed to Chernobyl fallout just hit the stands. It represents a burgeoning new collaboration between #UofSC and a public health group in Russia: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Our latest paper on Chernobyl effects shows negative effects of radiation on fungal fitness and no evidence of adaptive evolution: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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A case for space radiation studies at Chernobyl frontiersin.org/articles/10.…

Frontiers | Plants in the Light of Ionizing Radiation: What Have We Learned From Chernobyl,...

Perhaps the main factor determining success of space travel will be the ability to control effects of ionizing radiation for humans, but also for other livin...

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#Tim_Mousseau Our latest paper on Chernobyl rodents shows major declines in hot spots: researchgate.net/publication…

(PDF) Ecological mechanisms can modify radiation effects in a key forest mammal of Chernobyl

PDF | Nuclear accidents underpin the need to quantify the ecological mechanisms which determine injury to ecosystems from chronic low-dose radiation.... | Find, read and cite all the research you...

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Our latest paper on Chernobyl rodents shows major declines in hot spots: researchgate.net/publication…

(PDF) Ecological mechanisms can modify radiation effects in a key forest mammal of Chernobyl

PDF | Nuclear accidents underpin the need to quantify the ecological mechanisms which determine injury to ecosystems from chronic low-dose radiation.... | Find, read and cite all the research you...

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Our latest paper on Chernobyl rodents shows major declines in hot areas: researchgate.net/publication…

(PDF) Ecological mechanisms can modify radiation effects in a key forest mammal of Chernobyl

PDF | Nuclear accidents underpin the need to quantify the ecological mechanisms which determine injury to ecosystems from chronic low-dose radiation.... | Find, read and cite all the research you...

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