AUDIO: CU Boulder's Brian Toon on environmental, human impacts of nuclear war

The continued nuclear arms race between the developing countries of India, Pakistan and North Korea has prompted scientists at CU Boulder and Rutgers to revisit a 1980s study that examined the effects of a nuclear war. Called a “nuclear winter,” the study shows that such a war would plunge the world into a cold darkness of famine and death, says CU Boulder’s Brian Toon.

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