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
Fundamentally, nuclear winter was about a global cooling episode, and it was based on climate model simulations.
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2023
Robock, who previously showed the world how a nuclear winter could shroud Earth, studies SRM out of a sense of obligation.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 20, 2023
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
In 1962, most non-scientists knew nothing of the possibility of nuclear winter.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
