‘The idea that we're only a few hours away from the end of the world, that's quite accurate in certain circumstances.’
The huge flash of blinding light when a nuclear bomb detonates is ‘like bringing a piece of the sun down to the ground’ An all-out nuclear war could wipe out hundreds of millions of people around the world within the space of just a few hours. The huge flash of blinding light when one detonates is ‘like bringing a piece of the sun down to the ground’. Everything within the miles-wide firestorm is instantly incinerated.
‘The idea that we’re only a few hours away from the end of the world, that’s quite accurate in certain circumstances,’ Prof Toon says. ‘If you have a war between the United States and Russia and Europe and then possibly China, the amount of smoke there is so great that the sunlight has diminished to about 20% of normal over the planet,’ Prof Toon explains. ‘And these calculations with these climate models, the temperature falls below freezing.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Scots war hero's First World War medals discovered in a house in AustraliaA woman in Australia is looking to trace the living relatives of a Callander First World War hero to reunite them with his long-lost medals.
Read more »
T20 World Cup: 'Cricket's American Dream finally puts world into World Cup'The T20 World Cup is more than cricket's attempt to crack America, it is also the game finally opening its doors to the whole planet, says Stephan Shemilt.
Read more »
World's Largest Nuclear Plant Remains Idle Despite Energy CrisisJapan's largest nuclear power plant, Kashiwazaki Kariwa, remains idle despite global energy needs, reflecting political challenges and debates surrounding nuclear power.
Read more »
There are supposedly three Total War games in development, one of them Total War: Star WarsJody's first computer was a Commodore 64, so he remembers having to use a code wheel to play Pool of Radiance. A former music journalist who interviewed everyone from Giorgio Moroder to Trent Reznor, Jody also co-hosted Australia's first radio show about videogames, Zed Games.
Read more »
Amal Clooney Among Legal Experts Recommending War Crimes Charges in Israel-Hamas WarThe human rights lawyer and wife of actor George Clooney wrote of her participation in a letter posted Monday.
Read more »
Ukraine war latest: Putin sacks minister in new sign of shift in war strategyUkraine says it destroyed the large majority of drones sent by Russian forces in overnight attacks, while one is killed in a Ukrainian assault on a border region. Meanwhile, analysts say Moscow is seeking to draw out Kyiv's forces - as Putin makes another significant change to his cabinet.
Read more »