Nuclear winter: The evidence and the risks

Book · Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5329903

Greene, O

Global concern over nuclear extinction, centered on the holocaust itself, now has turned to the more terrifying consequences of a post-war nuclear winter: ''the long-term effects - destruction of the environment, spread of epidemic diseases, contamination by radioactivity, and ... collapse of agriculture-(that) would spread famine and death to every country.'' Nuclear Winter, the latest in a series of studies by a number of different groups is clinical, analytical, systematic, and detailed. Two physicists and biologist analyze the effects on the climate, plants, animals, and living systems; the human costs; the policy implications.

• OSTI ID: 5329903
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ANIMALS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
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CLIMATES
CONTAMINATION
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DISEASES
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RESEARCH PROGRAMS
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