UNDERSTANDING THE GLOBAL EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR CONFLICT IN THE 21 CENTURY: READING LIST

15 The damaging effects of the light, heat, blast, and radiation caused by a nuclear explosion have been known to scientists since the end of the Second World War and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. [...] Specifically, it highlights the use of different fuel loading and different input methods for the amount and initial location of black carbon (BC) into the climate models, and discusses some underlying reasons for these different choices, including the question of what kind of fire will occur in the aftermath of a nuclear weapon being dropped on a densely populated city. [...] Jeanloz summarizes the main developments in the research on the effect of soot from a nuclear conflict generating a ‘nuclear winter.’ After outlining several methodologies taken to evaluate the environmental impact of atmospheric soot, he supports the conclusion that the release of 3-5 Mt soot in the atmosphere could have significant and detrimental effects on the human population but reiterates t. [...] It evaluates the short-term economic consequences of the attack on Manhattan and the four other boroughs that make up New York City, looking at the effects of the attack on the inputs to the production process: labor and capital. [...] An economic analysis of a “dirty bomb” attack on the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the third busiest port in the world, conducted by Rosoff/Winterfeldt shows that the economic consequences from a shutdown of the harbors due to contamination could result in significant losses in the tens of billions of dollars, including the decontamination costs and the indirect economic impacts due to the.