According to NUKEMAP, Western Texas, most of Nevada, Michigan, and Wisconsin would be "notably in the clear," reports Mira Safety, who analyzed the data. They added, "With that said, the latter two ...

Suggested Citation: "8 Conclusion." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Potential Environmental Effects of Nuclear War. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: ...

WASHINGTON — If a nuclear war ever erupts, survival would hinge less on luck and more on geography, timing, and isolation. The grim reality is that a full-scale nuclear exchange between major powers ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. “At the end of the Cold War, global powers reached the consensus that the world would be better off with fewer ...

Studies of the potential climate effects of nuclear war in the 1980s focused on northern hemisphere, large-scale nuclear conflicts, and predicted more extreme global “nuclear winter” scenarios.