nuclear winter

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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

"The more skeptical voices have turned to openly wondering if the 'Crypto Winter' isn’t a season at all, but a state more akin to a nuclear winter," said Crawford.

From Reuters

Russia’s recent aggression against Ukraine and his threat of nuclear retaliation against any intervention to prevent his shelling of Ukrainian power plants has raised the specter of a nuclear winter.

From New York Times

“It’s not just nuclear winter; resilience helps us with a lot of other catastrophes … such as a supervolcanic eruption.”

From Science Magazine

“It’s the same process we modeled in our nuclear winter simulation with a lot more smoke.”

From Los Angeles Times