The scandal of nuclear winter.

From: National Review | Date: November 15, 1985| Author: Sparks, Brad | Copyright information

ADVOCATES OF THE "nuclear winter" theory, such as the popular Cornell astronomer Carl Sagan and his associates in the TTAPS group (Brian Toon, Richard Turco, Thomas Ackerman, and James Pollack), have neglected to explain something: There was no nuclear winter at Hiroshima or Nagasaki.

Winterists actually predict that localized nuclear winters would result from the particularly thick clouds of dust and smoke raised in the target areas shortly after a nuclear attack. Global...

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