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

Can nuclear escalation be controlled so that it stops well short of mass destruction and the nuclear winter?

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024

It suddenly becomes far more salient, I think, looking back at the nuclear winter debate and the lessons that it offers us for today.

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

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