Nature: Nuclear war between two nations could spark global famine
A pall of smoke from burning cities would engulf Earth, causing worldwide crop failures, models show.
Even a small conflict in which two nations unleash nuclear weapons on each other could lead to worldwide famine, new research suggests.
Soot from burning cities would encircle the planet and cool it by reflecting sunlight back into space.
This in turn would cause global crop failures that — in a worst-case scenario — could put 5 billion people on the brink of death.
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WNU editor: The study is here .... Global food insecurity and famine from reduced crop, marine fishery and livestock production due to climate disruption from nuclear war soot injection (Nature).
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