THE ENVIRONMENT IS KEY TO HUMAN SURVIVAL – NUCLEAR WINTER FINISHES OFF HUMANITY. Robert Lamb Staff Writer @ HowStuffWorks, ʻ09] What Would Nuclear Winter Be Like HowStuffWorks, 13 January 2009 http://bit.ly/bUDMxq Its easy to take the air we breathe for granted, but the atmosphere is a vital component of all life on this planet. In fact, scientists believe it co-evolved to its present state along with Earth's unicellular organisms. It protects us from dangerous levels of solar radiation, but also allows the sun to heat our world. Sunlight shines through the atmosphere and warms the planet's surface, which then emits terrestrial radiation that heats the air. If sufficient ash from burning cities and forests ascended into the sky, it could effectively work as an umbrella, shielding large portions of the Earth from the sun. If you diminish the amount of sunlight that makes its way to the surface, then you diminish the resulting atmospheric temperature -- as well as potentially interfere with photosynthesis. ... Such a winter could finish the destruction that nuclear war started, sending the survivors down a chilling path of famine and starvation.
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