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
From a kitchen sink drama focused around a young couple in a South Yorkshire, then riven by the Miners' Strike, Threads shows society breaking down as nuclear winter sets in.
From BBC • Jul. 11, 2023
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
Scientists came up with a term for this terrifying scenario: nuclear winter.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
