nuclear winter
noun
: the chilling of climate that is hypothesized to be a consequence of nuclear war and to result from the prolonged blockage of sunlight by high-altitude dust clouds produced by nuclear explosions
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The nuclear winter that would follow a nuclear war would render large parts of the planet uninhabitable.
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Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 18 May 2021
And now, after the long nuclear winter of aural isolation, the clouds have parted, the sun is shining through, and the cassette is back, baby.
—Spin Team, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024
One of the big premises of the book was to take readers from nuclear launch to nuclear winter and the nuclear launch up to Day Zero takes place over this horrifying 72-minute period.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 23 June 2024
The threat to humanity's very existence would come after the war, when soot from massive fires ignited by the bombings would rapidly alter the climate in a scenario known as nuclear winter.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2023
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Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 18 May 2021
And now, after the long nuclear winter of aural isolation, the clouds have parted, the sun is shining through, and the cassette is back, baby.
—Spin Team, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024
One of the big premises of the book was to take readers from nuclear launch to nuclear winter and the nuclear launch up to Day Zero takes place over this horrifying 72-minute period.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 23 June 2024
The threat to humanity's very existence would come after the war, when soot from massive fires ignited by the bombings would rapidly alter the climate in a scenario known as nuclear winter.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2023
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“Nuclear winter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuclear%20winter. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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