Environmental consequences of nuclear war

2008/12/01 by O. B. Toon, Alan Robock, R. P. Turco · 5 citations
Social Sciences · Environmental Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Nuclear Issues and Defense #Radioactive contamination and transfer #Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life

paper · pdf · doi:10.1063/1.3047679

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Abstract

A regional war involving 100 Hiroshima-sized weapons would pose a worldwide threat due to ozone destruction and climate change. A superpower confrontation with a few thousand weapons would be catastrophic.

Citations

• Nuclear War and Climatic Catastrophe: Some Policy Implications
• Nuclear winter revisited with a modern climate model and current nuclear arsenals: Still catastrophic consequences
• Nuclear Winter: Global Consequences of Multiple Nuclear Explosions
• Atmospheric effects and societal consequences of regional scale nuclear conflicts and acts of individual nuclear terrorism
• Climate and Smoke: an Appraisal of Nuclear Winter
• Climatic consequences of regional nuclear conflicts

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