Limited Nuclear War Would Decimate Ozone Layer

New Scientist ^ | Catherine Brahic

[WorkerbeeCitizen]

It wouldn’t do much for the cities they are dropped on either ;)

[w1andsodidwe]

Limited Nuclear War Would Decimate Ozone Layer

But maybe not as much as an unlimited one. Seeing this, I know I am taking advantage of the Virgle Mars expedition. Lol.

Oh sorry, I am supposed to be scared to death aren't I, or the news media just isn't doing their job properly.

[mnehring]

...leaving the DNA of humans and other organisms at risk of damage from the Sun's rays, say researchers.

Or we could evolve to a more resilient species because of it.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Crapola...

Hardtack I in 1958 tested 35 devices in the Pacific, many of which were megaton range.

[ArrogantBustard]

Anybody else remember the “Nuclear Winter” BS from a couple of decades ago?

[Tijeras_Slim]

Anybody else remember the “Nuclear Winter” BS from a couple of decades ago?

So many armageddons, so little time.

[Doe Eyes]

Or we could evolve to a more resilient species because of it.

That might involve the death of 95% of the world's population.

[w1andsodidwe]

Hardtack I in 1958 tested 35 devices in the Pacific, many of which were megaton range.

As a kid, I used to have a bandage box full of seashells that my uncle picked up from one of those islands before it was detonated. Wonder what ever happened to them?

[Eaker]

Wonder what ever happened to them?

Did you check your sock drawer?

That is where I would look.

; < )

[mnehring]

That might involve the death of 95% of the world's population.

Reality is, 100% of the current human population will die. Death is a fact of life.

[Tijeras_Slim]

After some of the really big shots like Mike and Bravo, they switched to barges for platforms. They were tearing up too much real-estate, and surface bursts on land compounded fallout problems.

[paulweir]

Excuse me! There have been hundreds of above ground nuclear tests far more powerful than that. Here’s the list:

Summary of listed detonations

nation number of above ground detonations years total yield
United States 216 1945-1962 153.8 mt
U.S.S.R. 214 1949-1962 281.6 mt
United Kingdom 21 1952-1958 10.8 mt
France 46 1960-1974 11.4 mt
P.R.C. 23 1964-1980 21.5 mt
South Africa 1 1979 0.003 mt

And the ozone layer was still there.

This guy is full of shit.

[ASA Vet]

Hey Bill, is it 10% as the headline says or 40% or 70% as claimed in the article?

[Navy Patriot]

Horse manure, like globull warming, and chloro-fluoro hydrocarbon ban, DDT ban, and wetlands protection. I don't have enough memory installed to list 'em all.

The ONE really big error we made in nuclear weapons use is that we didn't use enough of 'em on the commies and the Slimes when they got uppity.The danger to the "ozone" is that we didn't use nukes.

[devere]

This sounds like “Nuclear Winter” lite.

In the words of Dr. Michael Crichton, “This is not the way science is done, it is the way products are sold.”
http://michaelcrichton.com/speech-alienscauseglobalwarming.html

[ArrogantBustard]

Of course he's FOS ... but if you'll recall, "Nuclear Winter" got lots of press in "scientific" magazines, and had a lot of high profile names behind it.

It was nonsense, of course, same as global (warming|cooling), but when did a story being utter rubbish stop the MSM from running with it?

[McKayopectate]

I don’t want a nuke war because I want to meet the aliens who’ll give us technology if we don’t! :D

[mnehring]

Bump #16 to read later.

[CougarGA7]

Not to mention the AEC was really pissing Eastman Kodak off.