nuclear winter in English
noun
1
a period of abnormal cold and darkness predicted to follow a nuclear war, caused by a layer of smoke and dust in the atmosphere blocking the sun's rays.
As the soot from burning cities and vegetation would result in a nuclear winter following atomic Armageddon, so the billions of tonnes of sulphuric acid in the stratosphere following Toba would mean perpetual darkness and cold for years.
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1. Antimatter is an ore added in the Nuclear Winter update
2. Crutzen was also a leader in promoting the theory of nuclear winter.
3. Prince William is ‘quite Affronted’ by the claim that he’s ‘trapped by his future role’ Mitch McConnell promised a ‘nuclear winter’ of contrarian tactics if Democrats get rid of the filibuster; Zara Tindall gave birth to her third child, son Lucas Philip Tindall