Environmental consequences of nuclear war
Journal Article
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· AIP Conference Proceedings
- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)
- 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, Vol. 1596, Issue 1; Conference: Short course on nuclear weapon issues in the 21st century, Washington, DC (United States), 2-3 Nov 2013; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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