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Noun Concept
Categories: Climate forcing, Environmental issues with nuclear technology, Nuclear warfare, Eschatology, Environmental issues with war
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nuclear winter  Nuclear summer  Nuclear Winter theory  Atomic winter  Nuclear darkness
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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 WordNet 3.0
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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 WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Nuclear winter is a severe and prolonged global climatic cooling effect that is hypothesized to occur after widespread firestorms following a large-scale nuclear war. Wikipedia
Hypothetical climatic effect of nuclear war. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Hypothetical climatic effect of nuclear war Wikidata
A predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war due to dust in the upper atmosphere reducing sunlight reaching the ground. Wiktionary
Predicted drop in global temperature following a nuclear war. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
catastrophe
scientific hypothesis
physical state
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Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature
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nuclear war
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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nuclear winter
Wikipedia
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nuclear winter
Wikidata
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Nuclear summer, nuclear winter
Wiktionary
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nuclear winter
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Atomic winter, Nuclear darkness, Nuclear halocaust, nuclear summer, Nuclear Winter, Nuclear Winter theory, Nuclear winter theory, TTAPS

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