Tag: nuclear war
New research has found that even a small nuclear war could initiate a catastrophic nuclear winter, starving and killing up to one billion people. The ominous findings, by Rutgers University professor and climatologist Alan Robock, underscore why disarmament is a critical concern that requires immediate international attention. The risk of nuclear war is rising. Though […]
The Doomsday Clock is an invention by some of the scientists who worked on the atomic bomb. Its job is to give a metaphorical indication of just how dangerous various threats to civilization and mankind have become. At 11 AM on Thursday the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists announced the first […]