A nuclear disaster and elephant extinction

it was The Chernobyl accident?

The Chernobyl disaster, also referred to as the Chernobyl accident, was a catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986.

What is the cause?

One day, during a test in which a power outage is simulated, a

sudden power surge in the reactor 4 of the nuclear power plant produced the overheating

nuclear reactor core, which ended up causing the explosion

of hydrogen accumulated in your inside.

Consequences

Radioactive materials released into the atmosphere were estimated at about 500 times greater than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, causing direct death of 31 people.

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How many elephants are alive around the world?In 1800 there may have been 26 million elephants in Africa alone, although it’s hard to be precise. But today, after years of poaching and habitat destruction, those numbers are a tiny fraction of what they once were.How many elephants are killed a year for ivory?Around 20,000 African elephants were killed last year for their tusks, more than were born.Chinese wealth is financing a hunger for ivory that threatens to bring an end to wild elephants within our lifetime.