nuclear winter
nuclear winter · nuclear winters
ядерная зима
nuklearer Winter
A predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war due to dust in the…A predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war due to dust in the upper atmosphere reducing sunlight reaching the ground.
Meaning
1 sensesA predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war due to dust in the upper atmosphere reducing sunlight reaching the ground.
nuklearer Winter
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More definitions
- 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
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Origin
Coined by Richard P. Turco et al. in a 1983 paper.Coined by Richard P. Turco et al. in a 1983 paper.
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Forms
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