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- a long period of darkness and extreme cold that scientists predict would follow a full-scale nuclear war; a layer of dust and smoke in the atmosphere would cover the earth and block the rays of the sun; most living organisms would perish
How To Use nuclear winter In A Sentence
- NBA Commissioner David Stern used the term "nuclear winter" to describe a decision that could produce a protracted court battle and cost the sport and its fans, arena workers and nearby restaurant staffs the entire season and perhaps beyond. StarTribune.com rss feed
- While the global cooling caused by superpower-on-superpower war could be catastrophic hence the term "nuclear winter" a small scale war could have an impact on the world climate, says National Geographic. Could A Small Nuclear War Reverse Global Warming?
- It is difficult to criticize nuclear winter publicly without giving an appearance of moral insensitivity. Infinite in All Directions
- The greatest threat to humanity, no doubt, was only half a century ago, when the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 edged our society to the brink of an extinctive nuclear winter. Energy Bulletin -
- If a meteor impact causes a nuclear winter, then the ability to lie dormant would have improved your chances.
- When the dinosaurs died, the world went over to these little scuttling shrewlike creatures who could survive a nuclear winter and inherit what remained. Camelot Now
- Given the uncertainties in both models and the significant differences concerning the causes (dust and soot, versus sulphates) and length (three months to several years), the analogy between 'nuclear winter' and 'volcanic winter' was unsubstantiated, having only a vague commonality in a short-term diminution of global temperatures. James Warren: This Week in Magazines: Online Dating, Erupting Volcanoes and Dick Cheney