Stark scenarios of regional atomic warfare: 'Nuclear winter' scientists say even a limited conflict would hurt global climate.

From: Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, CA) | Date: December 12, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Carrie Peyton Dahlberg

Dec. 12--Twenty years after raising the specter of a devastating postwar "nuclear winter," a team of scientists warned Monday that smaller, regional nuclear battles would also chill the climate, threatening agriculture and food supplies. "We are at a perilous crossroads," said Owen Toon, who heads the atmospheric and oceanic sciences department of the University of Colorado. With North Korea and Iran exploring nuclear options, and d...

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