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Scientists from NASA and a number of other institutions have recently been modeling the effects of a war involving a hundred Hiroshima-level bombs, or 0.03 percent of the world's current nuclear arsenal, according to National Geographic. The research suggests five million metric tons of black carbon would be swept up into the lowest portion of the atmosphere.
The result, according to NASA climate models, could actually be global cooling.
From National Geographic:
In NASA climate models, this carbon then absorbed solar heat and, like a hot-air balloon, quickly lofted even higher, where the soot would take much longer to clear from the sky.
While the global cooling caused by superpower-on-superpower war could be catastrophic (hence the term "nuclear winter") a small scale war could have an impact on the world climate, says National Geographic. Models suggest that though the world is currently in a warming trend, small-scale war could lower global temperatures 2.25 degrees F for two-to-three years following war.
In more tropical areas temperatures could fall 5.4 to 7.2 degrees F.
From TIME:
...even a small exchange of nuclear weapons--between 50-100 Hiroshima-sized bombs, which India and Pakistan already have their in arsenal--would produce enough soot and smoke to block out sunlight, cool the planet, and produce climate change unprecedented in recorded human history.
In addition, the extreme weather caused by even a mild nuclear winter would have a tremendous effect on crops and famines, including creating a 10 percent global decrease in precipitation, according to National Geographic. The soot could also cause tremendous harm to the ozone layer, allowing more ultraviolet rays to reach Earth.
The cons seem to outweigh the pros in the event of global cooling caused by even a small nuclear war.
This is great.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately all the real scientists understand that all that human generated CO2 is actually holding off another, larger, ICE AGE. As soon as the small nuclear war to save Gaia happens the ice shelf will begin it's trip to Guatemala, and Turkey from one side, Venezuela, India, and Egypt from the other
There will only be enough arable land to support about 6 million people. And now you know why all the jews are liberals, and so many are in science, and what the 'Protocols' were REALLY ABOUT.
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You will only be allowed in the survival zone if you know your great grandmother's recipe for gefilte fish.
I love that movie!
ReplyDelete"We would have to breed prodigiously, ya..."
Yeah, I'm SOOOO worried about Global Warming, what the heck, let's give it a try.
ReplyDeleteEpaminondas,
ReplyDeleteI don't know, I just watched a show on the National Geographic channel about melting polar ice caps and rising sea levels. Even if higher CO2 is actually holding off another ice age, we might have to deal with other horrible consequences instead if we don't fix the problem.
Lots of targets in the Magreb and Middle East. I suggest nuking Mecca first (like today) and dealing with the shiitestorm that causes.
ReplyDeleteDamien,
ReplyDeleteYa' think?
Pastorius,
ReplyDeleteWell, yeah, I do think that, but just to be clear, I don't think starting a nuclear war to cool down the Earth is a good idea.
Ok. Thanks for clarifying.
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