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Atmospheric science

hypothesis that smoke and dust from many nuclear explosions would block sunlight and cause severe, prolonged surface cooling.

In atmospheric science, nuclear winter refers to hypothesis that smoke and dust from many nuclear explosions would block sunlight and cause severe, prolonged surface cooling. This meaning comes from Turco (1983) in Science.[1]

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References

Turco, R. P., Toon, O. B., Ackerman, T. P., Pollack, J. B., & Sagan, C. (1983). Nuclear Winter: Global Consequences of Multiple Nuclear Explosions. Science, 222(4630), 1283-1292. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.222.4630.1283

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