nuclear winter
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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 effect does the nuclear winter hypothesis have on nuclear deterrence and our readiness to rely on nuclear weapons as a key element of defence?
From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024
In the height of the cold war, we were focused on nuclear winter.
From Scientific American • Sep. 26, 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
