Traces of nuclear bomb tests have reached the deepest part of the ocean

Radioactive carbon created as a by-product of nuclear bomb tests has reached the deepest parts of the ocean — and is ending up inside marine creatures. Scroll down for video Radioactive carbon created as a by-product of past nuclear bomb tests has reached the deepest parts of the ocean — and is ending up inside marine creatures Researchers led by Chinese Academy of Sciences geochemist Ning Wang used traces of carbon from nuclear bombs to analyse deep sea amphipods, tiny marine crustaceans that live by scavenging dead organisms and marine detritus. Researchers used traces of carbon from nuclear bombs to analyse amphipods, tiny marine crustaceans that live by scavenging dead organisms and marine detritus Amphipods living in shallow waters typically live for less that two years, and reach an average length of about 0.8 inches. Amphipods were collected from three trenches in the west Pacific Ocean — Mariana, Mussau and New Britain — down to depths of up to 7 miles below the ocean's surface 'There's a very strong interaction between the surface and the bottom, in terms of biologic systems,' added paper co-author Weidong Sun, who is a geochemist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Qingdao.