THREAD: In a nuclear war, hundreds or thousands of detonations would occur within minutes of each other. Smoke from mass fires after the detonations would inject massive amounts of soot into the stratosphere.
As this simulation from @AlanRobock illustrates, a nuclear war between the US & Russia, could waft more than 150 Tg of soot into the stratosphere, leading to a nuclear winter that would disrupt virtually all forms of life on Earth over several decades.
Injecting this much soot into the stratosphere could make global temperatures drop by 8 degrees Celsius—3 degrees lower than Ice Age values. 
Changes in the atmosphere, surface, and oceans following a nuclear war will have massive and long-term consequences on global agricultural production and food availability.
The Bulletin takes a deep dive into this, and other impacts of #nuclearwar in this new article. bit.ly/3D8XiRB
But how do we stop it from happening?
Below are three Bulletin articles on nuclear deescalation in Ukraine that offer some solutions.⬇️
Below are three Bulletin articles on nuclear deescalation in Ukraine that offer some solutions.⬇️
Pushing back against Putin’s threat of nuclear use in Ukraine thebulletin.org/2022/10/pushin…
War and peace: imagining a way from one to the other in Ukraine thebulletin.org/2022/09/war-an…
Responding to a Russian demonstration of nuclear muscle-flexing thebulletin.org/2022/03/respon…
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