Nice images showing the worldwide circulation of fallout from the 10 Mt Mike (1952) and 15 Mt Bravo (1954) nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands.pic.twitter.com/dq013YsVD7
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Separate from the images, the most amazing part of this article is its framing. It isn't how we'd think about it today — global fallout as a health issue — it's about how useful or not atomic fallout would be for meteorologists studying air circulation on a global scale.pic.twitter.com/3klzrRaQgu
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To be fair, scientists can be interested in something for very specific reasons, unrelated to a holistic good/bad verdict for humanity.
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I'm not judging them so much as being fascinated that this is why they were interested in it.
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Amazing how much health risks are downplayed whenever humanity makes itself a new toy to play with. See today's statement by "Nobel Laureates" regarding GMOs. The disconnect is mind-boggling.
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