Small Nuclear War Would Devastate Global Climate, Scientists Warn

[Tellurian]

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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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/12/061213-...

[Hugin]

1. Maybe the powers that be see this as a '+'...

It'd be just like them.

[Tellurian]

13. ...

[Gwerlain]

22. What to fix global warming???

Sorry. I just couldn't resist.

[Tellurian]

2. Informative, well worth reading..

To think greed, government and politicians are responsible for this Sword of Damocles,
just boggles the mind.

[Dirty Hippie]

3. Finally! An answer to global warming!

[Tellurian]

5. sometimes the obvious isn't obvious enough..

time to make a citizen's arrest!

[hobbit709]

7. That's what I was going to say

[TechBear_Seattle]

4. Isn't it too late already to worry about global climate problems?

Because of the lack of political will, we have effectively crossed the Rubicon already.

[Tellurian]

6. Bush's new deal with India should be stopped..

India is a volatile country. No Nukes!

[demnan]

9. But Pakistan has nukes

so India must have them, otherwise there is nothing to deter the Pakistanis. And with radical elements in Pakistan, I think it is unwise to trust the Pakis not to use them.

[Tellurian]

11. Agreed...and why India wants them

if you peruse the article, we have more nukes now than during the Cold War.

Russia and the US are the leaders in Nuke sales throughout the World.

[Pab Sungenis]

17. India has them.

They want bigger and better, which they and the world do not need.

[pitohui]

21. who's next? tom lehrer

Luxembourg is next to go
And, who knows, maybe Monaco
We'll try to stay serene and calm
When Alabama gets the bomb

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

10. Yes, India can be volatile

as can Pakistan, Iran, North Korea, a few other nuke powers (France is probably more stable, for now)

Nukes is probably out of our control. It would take something like a "United Nations" to stop it, and even then I doubt it could be stopped.

It's a matter of time ...

[Tellurian]

12. What scares me is...

theres no where to run!

I've looked in Fiji, Bahamas etc..
They all will suffer climatological problems soon..

We're stuck in a bubble and hostages of our government.

[burythehatchet]

15. India has plenty of nukes

[Tellurian]

8. KR...

[Uncle Joe]

14. Thanks for the post Tellurian

Kicked and recommended

[Tellurian]

19. Thanks to you, Uncle Joe..

This poor thread was buried under an avalanche of FORD threads..
until another poster clued me in how to edit and prune redundant threads.

Thanks, for the K&R

[daleo]

16. This could be the neocons solution to global warming

Just add nuclear winter and stir.

[ooglymoogly]

18. chaos is the neoandratol's i mean neaocons favorite place

[pitohui]

20. sad to say it but...

...at this time of century there are surely some who wonder if nuclear winter isn't the last best hope for the planet

i have heard proposals that such soot be placed in the atmosphere deliberately before it is too late

[mnhtnbb]

23. Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Australia, New Zealand. There's

the list of 'safety' locations. Change anyone's plans?