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From: "Fergus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: gmane.science.general.global-change
To: "globalchange" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 5:08 PM
Subject: [Global Change: 1537] Nuclear testing, C14 and climate


>
> I am sure I should know this, but finding sources has proven to be
> almost impossible.
>
> What effect, if any, did the atmospheric nuclear tests of 1947-63 have
> on the climate?
>
> Would the large scale emission of C14 have had any impact?
>
> Where can I find the information or papers on this?
>
> Call for help, really; I'm stuck...
>
>

I haven't seen any studies of the effect of nuclear tests on climate, but a 
simulation of 100 air bursts over cities suggest the effect would be a 
cooling due to smoke and dust. Think "nuclear winter".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6169717.stm

-dl 



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