Good evening. Last week, I discussed the science around nuclear winter, the idea that a large nuclear exchange could ignite firestorms and release large quantities of dust into the atmosphere, blocking sunlight to the surface, reducing plant photosynthetic potential, and causing famine. I noted some deficiencies in the scientific case for nuclear winter, but there is merit in the basic idea—atmospheric aerosols would reflect sunlight—and the phenomenon has been observed with volcanic eruptions.
Great post as always. I don’t usually feel I have anything sufficiently interesting to say to comment on you posts but I always appreciate reading them.
Great post as always. I don’t usually feel I have anything sufficiently interesting to say to comment on you posts but I always appreciate reading them.
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