nuclear winter
noun
: the chilling of climate that is hypothesized to be a consequence of nuclear war and to result from the prolonged blockage of sunlight by high-altitude dust clouds produced by nuclear explosions
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One of the big premises of the book was to take readers from nuclear launch to nuclear winter and the nuclear launch up to Day Zero takes place over this horrifying 72-minute period.
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Sean Illing, Vox, 23 June 2024
The threat to humanity's very existence would come after the war, when soot from massive fires ignited by the bombings would rapidly alter the climate in a scenario known as nuclear winter.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2023
Fears of nuclear winter may have receded since the end of the cold war, Diaz-Maurin says, but research shows that the environmental consequences would be severe.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2023
The soot from burning cities and forests will blot out the sun and cause a nuclear winter.
—Annie Jacobsen, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
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Sean Illing, Vox, 23 June 2024
The threat to humanity's very existence would come after the war, when soot from massive fires ignited by the bombings would rapidly alter the climate in a scenario known as nuclear winter.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2023
Fears of nuclear winter may have receded since the end of the cold war, Diaz-Maurin says, but research shows that the environmental consequences would be severe.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2023
The soot from burning cities and forests will blot out the sun and cause a nuclear winter.
—Annie Jacobsen, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
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“Nuclear winter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuclear%20winter. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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