Small Nuclear War Could Reverse Global Warming for Years? (2011)(news.nationalgeographic.com)
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Small Nuclear War Could Reverse Global Warming for Years? (2011)
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/02/110223-nuclear-war-winter-global-warming-environment-science-climate-change/
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Much of those tests were done over deserts or islands surrounded by water. A key part of the nuclear winter prediction is predicated on large scale fires.
There might, or might not, be "large scale fires" after a nuclear exchange. Regardless, "nuclear winter" is predicated on debris being injected high into the atmosphere, which will happen if lofted by the fireball, but not just from a regular fire.
Nuking the atmosphere to dictate the climate is how the Matrix started.
Nope.
It's also worth mentioning that air burst detonation will suck up virtually no debris from the surface, and also produces very little fallout.
There's a lot of good information at this site: http://www.nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/