From V2 rocket-scarred London to Ukraine: how nature thrives in bomb craters

I n February 1945, towards the end of the second world war, a German V2 rocket struck Walthamstow Marshes in east London. The explosion tore a crater into the marshland. Left untouched, it slowly filled with water, sediment … and life. Today, this wartime scar has become a thriving pond. Evidence f...

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