Nuclear winter not yet established
@article{Maddox1984NuclearWN,
title={Nuclear winter not yet established},
author={John Royden Maddox},
journal={Nature},
year={1984},
volume={308},
pages={11-11}
}Talk of some of the consequences of nuclear warfare had better be postponed until the underlying assumptions are better understood.
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