Small nuclear explosions can reduce the temperature on Earth

Some scientists suggest controversial " Winter " theory more than two decades ago, preparing to make another gloomy prediction: " Even when nuclear war happens in each region it will devastating environment worldwide ".

(Artwork: nuclearweaponarchive) Using modern population and climate models, researchers estimate that small-scale nuclear war between the two countries will cause 3 to 17 million casualties. Directly, it will lead to the phenomenon of planetary temperature dropping markedly. This may lead to crop failures and humanity will become even poorer.

Decreasing temperatures will shorten the time of a season in some parts of North America, Europe and Asia. The patterns of normal rainfall in Africa and Southeast Asia will be disordered, which can cause major crop failures. Moreover, the ozone layer, blocking harmful ultraviolet radiation, will shrink by more than 20%, in some areas it can be reduced by up to 70%.

The study was launched during the US Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco (USA) last Monday. This is seen as the first meeting to provide detailed evidence of climate-related consequences in nuclear war on a regional scale. Some climate experts not linked to the study questioned some assumptions made during the study. However, these warnings given by scientists are not without foundation when the issue of nuclear weapons is a hot topic all over the world in the current period.

Thien Kha