03-01-2019, 03:26 AM
If India and Pakistan have a 'limited' nuclear war, scientists say it could wreck Earth's climate and trigger global famine
https://www.businessinsider.com/india-pakistan-kashmir-nuclear-weapons-climate-cooling-2019-2
A terror attack in Kashmir that killed at least 40 Indian troops led India to launch airstrikes on Pakistan — the first in more than 50 years between the two nations.
India and Pakistan each have about 140 to 150 nuclear weapons. Though nuclear conflict is unlikely, Pakistan has said its military is preparing for "all eventualities."
Climate scientists simulated the effects of limited regional nuclear war between the two countries and found that nuclear explosions could start firestorms that send millions of tons of smoke into the atmosphere. That could cripple the ozone layer, cause global cooling, and trigger food shortages.
The newest simulations showed that the effects would be "about five times worse than what we've previously calculated," one researcher said.
....Though the explosions would be local, the ramifications would be global, that research concluded. The ozone layer could be crippled and Earth's climate may cool for years, triggering crop and fishery losses that would result in what the researchers called a "global nuclear famine."
https://www.businessinsider.com/india-pakistan-kashmir-nuclear-weapons-climate-cooling-2019-2
A terror attack in Kashmir that killed at least 40 Indian troops led India to launch airstrikes on Pakistan — the first in more than 50 years between the two nations.
India and Pakistan each have about 140 to 150 nuclear weapons. Though nuclear conflict is unlikely, Pakistan has said its military is preparing for "all eventualities."
Climate scientists simulated the effects of limited regional nuclear war between the two countries and found that nuclear explosions could start firestorms that send millions of tons of smoke into the atmosphere. That could cripple the ozone layer, cause global cooling, and trigger food shortages.
The newest simulations showed that the effects would be "about five times worse than what we've previously calculated," one researcher said.
....Though the explosions would be local, the ramifications would be global, that research concluded. The ozone layer could be crippled and Earth's climate may cool for years, triggering crop and fishery losses that would result in what the researchers called a "global nuclear famine."
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