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Comment author: multifoliaterose 17 August 2011 10:32:13PM 2 points [-]

I agree. If you haven't already done so see my comments at this thread (which I wrote before coming across the article above, HT utility monster). I plan on taking a closer look at the nuclear winter issue in particular (which seems unusually susceptible to quantification).

Comment author: jhuffman 19 August 2011 03:04:04PM 1 point [-]

Nuclear Autumn seems much more likely. This article does a soft comparison of likely nuclear exchange scenarios with the K-T strike. I haven't looked up their references but they sound applicable.

Comment author: multifoliaterose 20 August 2011 11:48:32PM 0 points [-]

Thanks

Comment author: satt 24 August 2011 07:52:52PM 2 points [-]

That Skeptoid article's references are quite old. Encyclopedia of Earth's nuclear winter article discusses more recent scientific work.

Comment author: multifoliaterose 24 August 2011 07:54:45PM 1 point [-]

Thanks to you too!

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