Environmental consequences of nuclear war

Journal Article · Fri May 09 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4876320· OSTI ID:22280440

Toon, Owen B. ^[1]; Robock, Alan ^[2]; Turco, Richard P. ^[3]

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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, 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

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
SAFEGUARDS AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
CLIMATIC CHANGE
CONTAMINATION
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
FORECASTING
GLOBAL ASPECTS
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
OZONE
PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATION