
India-Pakistan war to spark 'nuclear winter and global starvation for up to 2bn'
Brian Toon, a Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, warned that a war between India and Pakistan could lead to an environmental disaster as well as a loss of life
2 billion will die due to sun dimming in a small nuclear war.
I had not heard of the recent alarming rise in military tension between them.
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He revealed the chilling aftermath: "It only takes about two weeks for the smoke to cover the entire earth, and it would rise to altitudes between 20 and 50 miles above the surface, at those altitudes it never rains. The smoke would stay there for years."
Painting a grim picture, he added: "This farmer may be in Europe or in the United States, but many thousands of miles from Pakistan and India, is looking at the smoky sky above him, and down at the crops that have died in his field from lack of light and cold temperatures."