Green: On Our Radar: 'Small' Nuclear War Would Cool Globe, Scientists Say

Monday, February 28, 2011 - 19:40 in Physics & Chemistry

Explosions from bombs would throw approximately five million tons of black carbon into the upper atmosphere, blocking sunlight and causing a plunge in temperature, researchers say.

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