Quora
Is the risk of nuclear winter resulting from a nuclear war overblown?
March 21, 2019 - Answer (1 of 9): They may not have been overblown in the 1980’s but they are utterly overblown now. The combined firepower in the world’s nuclear arsenals is barely 5% of what it was in 1989. Think about that. Disarmament has reduced nuclear firepower by 95% in less than 30 years. the US ...
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Wikipedia
Nuclear winter - Wikipedia
October 9, 2024 - The atmospheric scientist tasked with studying the atmospheric effect of the Kuwaiti fires by the National Science Foundation, Peter V. Hobbs, stated that the fires' modest impact suggested that "some numbers [used to support the Nuclear Winter hypothesis]... were probably a little overblown."
Nuclear winter is always mentioned as a consequence of nuclear war. Why did the extensive testing of nuclear weapons after WWII not cause a nuclear winter?
r/askscience • 285 • September 14, 2015
Nuclear winter is always mentioned as a consequence of nuclear war. Why did the extensive testing of nuclear weapons after WWII not cause a nuclear winter?
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• September 14, 2015You've got it exactly right.
When any big blast goes off, a certain amount of debris is thrown up into the air and takes a while to settle back down.
The idea of a nuclear winter is that enough blasts throw enough stuff into the air to block out the sun.
The weapons detonated for testing purposes did not throw up enough debris and they were separated in time, so most of the debris from blast A had settled before blast B was able to throw up it's debris.
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forum.effectivealtruism.org • November 7, 2020
Nuclear war is unlikely to cause human extinction — EA Forum
Your perspective is refreshing. I agree that nuclear winter is overblown. Nonetheless achieving the same countervalue strategy is possible without directly attacking cities. The EMP commission reported that up to 90% of the US population would die within a year after an EMP attack with nuclear ... More on forum.effectivealtruism.org
How bad would nuclear winter caused by a US-Russia nuclear exchange be? — EA Forum
forum.effectivealtruism.org • June 20, 2019
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Summary In this post, I quantify the severity of the nuclear winter we might expect to result from a nuclear war between the US and Russia (Guesstima… More on forum.effectivealtruism.org
So when is Nuclear Winter coming back
r/fo76 • 26 • April 12, 2022
So when is Nuclear Winter coming back
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• April 12, 2022The 5 people whining here on reddit, is in no way indictive of the opinion of the total player base.
In fact, all evidence and data proves otherwise.
Anyone that ever jumped in the mode on a regular basis for the challenges, clearly saw it was the same 6 people in the lobby every time.
The MAJORITY do NOT like or want nuclear winter or pvp in general.
You speak for a VERY vocal MINORITY.
It was removed because no one actually played it and those that did, sat in lobby's for 20 mins waiting for people to join for the challenge, only to drop out mid-match when the challenge completed.
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