Study: Even limited exchange of nuclear weapons would doom billions
Some researchers are warning that even a limited-scale exchange could have catastrophic consequences for global food supplies and trigger mass death
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Some researchers are warning that even a limited-scale exchange could have catastrophic consequences for global food supplies and trigger mass death
Five billion people would die in a modern nuclear war with the impact of a global famine -- triggered by sunlight-blocking soot in the atmosphere -- likely to far exceed the casualties caused by lethal blasts.
Study indicates that a localised conflict between India and Pakistan would result in a 7% drop in food yields within five years
Eruptions create sulfuric acid clouds in the upper atmosphere and can cool the climate.
The study looks at the impact of the negative consequences of nuclear war with regards to the effect it will have on agriculture