Question: Nuclear Winter

Luzifer's right hand · Post by **Luzifer's right hand** » 2005-09-11 07:36pm

I'm debating someone on another forum and I would like to know if someone here knows a website which could help me against someone who belives in nuclear winter?

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2005-09-11 07:44pm

There was a good article used in the past here to refute a (manmade) nuke winter, check the archives, it should be easy to find. Assuming they are talking about our current or previous nuclear arsenals, they are operating under the false premise that we have the ability to cause such carnage. Only a celestial body impacting this planet or a supervolcano could cause such a situation.

J · Post by J » 2005-09-11 08:02pm

From the Duchess' board
4th post down.

THEHOOLIGANJEDI · Post by **THEHOOLIGANJEDI** » 2005-09-12 12:27pm

I'm curious. What would it take in explosive yields to cause a "Nuclear Winter". Plus, what properties besides yield prevent all the Nukes in the world from doing it?

Btw: Whenever I watch Documentaries on comet or meteor impacts on Earth, I alway hear these yield estimates (in regards to climate changes on a global scale: Ice ages) put it a high Gigaton/low Teraton range. Are their calcs just off??

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2005-09-12 12:47pm

THEHOOLIGANJEDI wrote:I'm curious. What would it take in explosive yields to cause a "Nuclear Winter". Plus, what properties besides yield prevent all the Nukes in the world from doing it?

Btw: Whenever I watch Documentaries on comet or meteor impacts on Earth, I alway hear these yield estimates (in regards to climate changes on a global scale: Ice ages) put it a high Gigaton/low Teraton range. Are their calcs just off??

The peak yield of all the earth's nuclear weapons was only perhaps 30 gigatons. Many hundreds of gigatons or teratons would create far greater effects. Also, the bigger the individual nuclear weapons are, the more material they will loft into the stratosphere and higher, which is where the dust and such has to go in ordered for it to create long term effects.

THEHOOLIGANJEDI · Post by **THEHOOLIGANJEDI** » 2005-09-12 04:10pm

Sea Skimmer wrote:
THEHOOLIGANJEDI wrote:I'm curious. What would it take in explosive yields to cause a "Nuclear Winter". Plus, what properties besides yield prevent all the Nukes in the world from doing it?

Btw: Whenever I watch Documentaries on comet or meteor impacts on Earth, I alway hear these yield estimates (in regards to climate changes on a global scale: Ice ages) put it a high Gigaton/low Teraton range. Are their calcs just off??
The peak yield of all the earth's nuclear weapons was only perhaps 30 gigatons. Many hundreds of gigatons or teratons would create far greater effects. Also, the bigger the individual nuclear weapons are, the more material they will loft into the stratosphere and higher, which is where the dust and such has to go in ordered for it to create long term effects.

Thanks for the Clarification.