The mushroom cloud's silver lining: how the Cold War is helping the biggest fish in the sea
- Written by Mark Meekan, Senior Principal Research Scientist, Australian Institute of Marine Science
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It might surprise you to learn that nuclear bomb tests during the Cold War are now helping conserve whale sharks, the largest living fish.
Growing up to 18 metres – longer than the average bus – whale sharks live in all tropical oceans. In Australia, they are found off tropical coasts in the...