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Environmental consequences of nuclear war

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4876320· OSTI ID:22280440
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
  2. Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)
  3. Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (United States)
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.
OSTI ID:
22280440
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 1596; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English