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Meet some of the people featured in the March 2012 issue of The Scientist.

istockphoto.com, Benoit Chartron

One Year On

By Nick Beresford and Jordi Vives i Batlle

Some thoughts about the ecological fallout from Fukushima

Istockphoto.com, shmel

Speaking of Science

March 2012′s selection of notable quotes

Kaimikai-o-Kanaloa research vessel. NOAA

Fukushima Cruise Results In

By Sabrina Richards

Scientists find radioactive elements 600 kilometers from Fukushima—but levels are not harmful to human health.

Nuclear power plant in Cattenom, France. Wikimedia Commons, Stefan Kühn

Fukushima Birds Affected

By Sabrina Richards

Radiation in Fukushima Prefecture is reducing bird populations almost a year after the nuclear disaster.

A photo of the Fukushima plant taken in 1999Wikimedia Commons, kawamoto takuo

Japan Declares Fukushima Stable

By Bob Grant

The Japanese Prime Minister brings a measure of closure to the accidents at the crippled nuclear power plant.

Japanese MacaquesFlickr, Richard Fisher

Monkeys Track Radiation

By Edyta Zielinska

Scientists near the Fukushima plant are equipping wild monkeys with radiation collars to get better sense of their exposure in the wild.

Some of the wreckage at the Fukushima Daiichi plantFlickr, M1K3Y

Radiation Maps for Japan

By Ruth Williams

Researchers map the fallout from Fukushima.

Nuclear power plant Dukovany, Czech RepublicWikimedia Commons, Petr Adamek

Fukushima Radiation Worse Than Feared

By Bob Grant

A new analysis suggests that more radioactive contaminants were released from the crippled nuclear power plant than accounted for in official Japanese estimates.

Wikimedia Commons, Petr Adamek

Less Money for Nuclear

By Edyta Zielinska

Japan passes over nuclear power as it increases spending on scientific research.