Cold War Fallout: Climate Change Threatens to Unearth the US’s Toxic Legacy
<p>Overlooking the Pacific Ocean, green vines and turquoise waters circle a massive concrete dome. Half-buried in the sand, this is no spaceship wreckage but a haunting reminder of America’s Cold War recklessness. Officially, it is known as the Runit Dome. Locals call it “The Tomb.”</p>
<p>Constructed in 1979, this monstrosity houses 85,000 cubic meters of radioactive waste — enough to fill 35 Olympic-sized swimming pools — dumped by the U.S. during its nuclear tests in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI).</p>
<p>While the U.S. has left its radioactive mark across the globe, from Greenland to Spain, no other nation has been burdened with such a toxic legacy as the RMI.</p>
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