Professor Timothy Mousseau

The area surrounding the Chornobyl nuclear reactor was a science hotspot until it was on the front line of the Ukraine war. @Nature reports on the creative ways researchers are restarting their studies in this zone. go.nature.com/3RsPYY3

#PLOSONE: Radioactive contamination in feral dogs in the Chernobyl exclusion zone: Population body-burden sur ... dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…

A Resource in @NatureMicrobiol provides insight into the taxa and metabolites within microbial communities from diverse habitats across Earth. go.nature.com/3H6eyKF

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

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

@ProfMikeWood @clairecorkhill I too have spent far too much time in the Red Forest and until recently the highest levels were in the 0.27 mSv/h range. There are vast areas in the 0.05 - 0.1 mSv/h range. But, following forest fires levels have gone up dramatically: youtu.be/EP2Ycv8j7fA

@clairecorkhill I've undertaken extensive fieldwork throughout Red Forest. Max external dose rate I've recorded is 0.27mSv/h in an area a few metres squared. Most dose rates in Red Forest are far lower. Even if digging trenches, these acute radiation sickness comments are simply not credible

*rolls eyeballs to the ceiling* This is nonsense. There simply isn't enough radiation in the Red Forest after 30 years. Misquoted the original source too, who said soldiers had been taken for check up. Bad, sensationalist journalism. #fakenews #Chernobyl metro.co.uk/2022/03/31/che…

@clairecorkhill I have spent far too much time in the Red Forest over the years. Until a few years ago the highest I would encounter was also in the 0.27 mSv/h range with vast expanses in the 0.05 - 0.1 mSv/h range. However, following fires we see massive increases: youtu.be/EP2Ycv8j7fA

Forest fires have broken out around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukraine’s parliament said Monday, raising fears that they could spread radiation. washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/…

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

The Chernobyl Zone occupied. What it could mean. motherjones.com/environment/20…

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."

This new study proves it! Chernobyl birds are hot! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

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/10.1111/br…

@anchorage40 @royalsociety @NERCscience @RATEsct Congratulations! Great work!

First paper from my PhD is out today. Chernobyl-level radiation exposure damages bumblebee reproduction: a laboratory experiment | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs… @royalsociety @NERCscience @RATEsct

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/12…