Small Nuclear War Would Devastate Global Climate, Scientists Warn

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As we Sell potential Nuclear might to India.
We must pause for a momement and think about the risk.


Small Nuclear War Would Devastate Global Climate, Scientists Warn

Richard A. Lovett in San Francisco, California
for National Geographic News

December 13, 2006

Even a small nuclear conflict would cause long-lasting global devastation that could kill tens of millions, scientists warned this week.

Within a couple of decades, 40 countries could have arsenals large enough to cause such a disaster, the researchers added.




A map illustrates how soot caused by a small nuclear exchange would spread around the world. Darker areas indicate regions where the smoke would absorb greater amounts of sunlight.

Scientists have predicted that the airborne soot caused by a limited nuclear war would destroy the Earth's ozone layer, block out sunlight, and reduce average global temperatures by 2 degrees Fahrenheit (1.25 degrees Celsius).

Map courtesy Alan Robock/Rutgers University


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