Science Alert  September 1, 2019 According to a team of researchers in the US (Rutgers University, NCAR, University of Colorado) if all of Russia and the US’s nuclear weapons were used in a conflict today, we could expect a shocking drop in global temperatures, less precipitation, and a lot less food to go around, nuclear particles would be transported between the hemispheres within two weeks. Global temperatures would then plunge by around 9 degrees Celsius over the next 12 months, plant growth would be limited, aerosols in the atmosphere could cause an average 30 percent drop in precipitation around the […]