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Scientists have found traces of radioactive carbon -- released into the atmosphere from 20th-century nuclear bomb tests -- in marine organisms that inhabit the Mariana Trench, the deepest spot on Earth. Organisms at the ocean surface have incorporated this " bomb carbon " into the molecules that make up their bodies since the late 1950s. The study, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, finds crustaceans in deep ocean trenches are feeding on organic matter from these organisms when it falls to the ocean floor. The results show human pollution can quickly enter the food web and make its way to the deep ocean, researchers said. "Although the oceanic circulation takes hundreds of years to bring water containing bomb carbon to the deepest trench, the food chain achieves this much faster," said Ning Wang, a geochemist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. "There's a very strong interaction between the surface and the bottom,

With the end of monsoon and onset of winter , skin also begins to change and transform. To rescue and protect it from the ever so changing weather and hydration drenched condition vegan skin care products and regime acts as a supernatural power. Shikhee Agrawal, Head Training at The Body Shop India and Bhavya Chawla, Chief Stylist, Voonik list down some benefits of opting for vegan rich skin regime. Skin friendly: Vegan friendly skincare products are made from plants, minerals and some safe synthetic ingredients. It provides more nourishment to the skin with nature goodness. Controls acne: Natural ingredients such as seaweed, tea tree oil, vitamin E, aloe vera, chamomile and vitamin C, adds energizing abstract to these vegan products. Camomile purifies the skin and gives a silky soft feel to the skin thus very suitable for sensitive skin. Aloe-vera has a soothing and calming sensation and is known for its skin benefits from ancient times. Seaweed is popular