Within three months of the Chernobyl accident, a total of 31 people died from radiation exposure or other direct effects of the disaster, according to the NRC, UNSCEAR and other sources.
Why do scientists use scientific names for organisms? A: Scientific names are used to help classify and record the vast array of living and extinct organisms. These names allow the scientific community to have a ... Full Answer >
Many people know organisms only by the common names, or vernacular names. Unlike scientific names, common names are almost always different for speakers of different languages. They may also vary regionally within a language. This tab shows all the common names provided to EOL for this organism from a variety of providers, including EOL curators. Currently we can only set one preferred common name per language on a given EOL page, but all the names should be searchable.