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
Consideration of the impact of nuclear winter or searching for possible Earth-impacting asteroids would not have occurred if we were ignorant of past biological catastrophes.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 30, 2023
The final parts of the film follow the characters as they struggle through the nuclear winter in the aftermath of the blasts.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 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
