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Nuclear winter could happen in days, if a nuclear war erupts

Nuclear war between India, Pak could spell climate disaster : Report THE TIMES OF INDIA PTI, 26 January 2010: A nuclear war between India and Pakistan could cause severe “climate cooling” and may have a devastating impact on agriculture  says a report jointly produced by Japan andAustralia on nuclear-non proliferation and disarmament.

“Just a limited regional nuclear exchange, for example between India and Pakistan, with each side attacking the other’s major cities with 50 low-yield Hiroshima-sized weapons, would throw up major concentrations of soot into the stratosphere which would remain there for long enough to cause unprecedented climate cooling worldwide, with major disruptive effects on global agriculture,” the report says.

It reveals that during the eighties scientists had conducted research on the impact of nuclear war on the climate and found the possibility of pollution of atmosphere by massive amounts of debris and smoke would block out the sunlight for decades and lead to a “nuclear winter”.

Nuclear war between India, Pak could spell climate disaster : Report – Global Warming – Environment – Home – The Times of India

January 27, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, India | antinuclear, climate change, nuclear, nuclear weapons