Regional nuclear war could devastate global climate

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The Fat Man mushroom cloud resulting from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rises 18 km (11 mi 60000 ft) into the air from the hypocenter August 9 1945. (Wikipedia) Credit: National Archives
The Fat Man mushroom cloud resulting from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rises 18 km (11 mi, 60,000 ft) into the air from the hypocenter, August 9, 1945. (Wikipedia) Credit: National Archives

Even a small-scale, regional nuclear war could produce as many direct fatalities as all of World War II and disrupt the global climate for a decade or more, with environmental effects that could be devastating for everyone on Earth, university researchers have found.


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