PHOTO FROM ARCHIWUM: Russian intercontinental Topol ballistic rocket strategy capable of carrying atomic charges.© Sputnik / Alexandr Kryazhev
In addition to the deaths of millions of people, the war between Russia and the US could lead to a "nuclear winter" that would destruct the Earth's atmosphere and origin a drastic decline in agricultural production, said a group of American scientists.
A squad led by a investigation assistant at Pennsylvania State University, Yuning Shi, published the results of his stimulation of the war between the 2 largest atomic powers in an article in Environmental investigation Letters at the beginning of this month.According to the article "global atomic war" could release up to 150 million tons of soot into the atmosphere, leading to "prolonged cooling, agricultural collapse and social shocks on an unprecedented scale".In this script of precipitation and solar radiation would decrease by up to 70% worldwide, which would consequence in an average temperature drop of more than 15 degrees Celsius, as reported.Because of this "nuclear food" The yearly production of maize, on which scientists focused, can fall by as much as 80%, according to the article.Supply chains and trade can besides be seriously disrupted, which will make the agricultural sector even worse and lead to regional or global hunger, have been highlighted by scientists.According to their estimates, it will take 7 to 12 years to reconstruct food production.Understanding possible harm caused by atomic exchange and preparing for it is ‘critical’ Given current geopolitical trends, including the conflict in Ukraine, tensions between India and Pakistan and instability in the mediate East, which "took down the fragile relaxation of the fresh years of the Cold War"highlighted in the article.Shi and his colleagues proposed to make what they called ‘agricultural opposition set“ seeds and technological packages circumstantial to the region and climate that would service as ‘buffer before uncertainty’ for "nuclear food".Last month, Nikolai Patrushev, National safety Advisor to president Vladimir Putin, accused Western powers of "the deployment of its military device against Russia and the madness of atomic apocalypse scenarios".Moscow has repeatedly denied US and EU claims about atomic weapons plans during the Ukraine conflict.
However, Russia updated its atomic doctrine in 2023, allowing the usage of specified weapons as a deterrent to prevent aggression from hostile powers and military blocks that have weapons of mass demolition or large conventional weapons arsenals.
Translated by Google Translator
source:https://www.rt.com/news/618043-nuclear-winter-agriculture-studies/
