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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

What lessons can be drawn about Britain's civil defence programme and its ability to provide either for the aftermath of a mass nuclear attack or the prospect of nuclear winter?

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024

It suddenly becomes far more salient, I think, looking back at the nuclear winter debate and the lessons that it offers us for today.

From Salon • Sep. 29, 2023

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.

From Scientific American • Mar. 21, 2023

The voice emanating from the aluminum speaker grid was as serious as a nuclear winter.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer




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