Research in the area of sirnoble has been put on hold due to war. Scientists were trying to understand how radiation affects plants and their microbioms. The russians could have laid mines, which would make it impossible for researchers to get back into the area. But wild life will slowly return once the war is over - we just don't know when that will happen.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed global prices, which were already climbing, even higher. As America’s central bank raises its target interest rate for the first time in four years, we break down the challenges facing central bankers. In the fourth instalment of our French election series, we look at how the conflict has changed the race. And Russia’s seizure of the Chernobyl nuclear plant ends three decades of scientific research.
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