Nukes and ozone

[mindstalk]

A 'small' local war -- 50 Hiroshimas -- could damage the ozone layer in mid-latitudes -- where you and I and other rich people live -- for years.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080408/ap_on_sc/nuclear_ozone_3

Comments

[jordan179.livejournal.com]

Mostly, the climate would get a little cooler for a year, and there would be an increased cancer hazard from UV rays. This is a small to medium-sized nuclear war we're talking about; the environmental damage would be short-term and fairly minor.

A bigger war would, of course, be much worse.