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A U.S. archbishop who released a pastoral letter urging wide-ranging conversations toward the eventual eradication of nuclear weapons is one of 10 nominees by the Arms Control Association for its Person/Persons of the Year honor.

BY DR ARUN MITRA The group of 20 countries, nick named as G20 includes Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union. So far seven summits of the G20 have been held.

Even a small war would mean mass famine. Policy changes would reduce the risk of apocalypse.

A positive step would be for more countries, including the U.S., to adopt a “no first use” policy — a pledge never to use nuclear weapons except in retaliation for a nuclear strike.

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The atomic bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and power plant meltdowns at Chernobyl and Fukushima clearly affected people's health. But experts say it's hard to predict the fallout from a nuclear war today.

Speakers at an APS meeting on nuclear physics discussed the past, present, and future of nuclear weapons.

A “nuclear winter” caused by a nuclear war could cause 5.3 billion people to die of starvation within two years.

Word is going around about the benefits that a small nuclear war could bring to the environment. Could it really solve climate change?

With nuclear tensions becoming a global concern, how would a nuclear winter affect the worlds climate?