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nuclear winter

[noo-klee-er win-ter, nyoo-] / ˈnu kli ər ˈwɪn tər, ˈnyu- /
NOUN
China syndrome
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In the 1970s, we were warned about a new ice age and in the 1980s of a nuclear winter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

Can nuclear escalation be controlled so that it stops well short of mass destruction and the nuclear winter?

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024

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.

From Scientific American • Mar. 21, 2023

Although, for the sake of all life, we should probably aspire to avoid killing ourselves with nuclear winter and global warming — lest we leave behind a planet of microscopic, hydrogen-munching bacteria.

From Salon • Feb. 10, 2023

Famine, war, nuclear winter, black holes, or coronal mass ejections.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson




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