Even a small nuclear war will lead to mass starvation on the planet

Nuclear war itself is not likely towill lead to the destruction of mankind on Earth. For this, nuclear weapons are simply not enough. However, its consequences will be catastrophic not only for the warring countries, but for the whole world. Scientists consider nuclear winter to be the most dangerous consequence. In their opinion, large emissions of dust, ash and soot into the atmosphere will lead to the fact that the average temperature will decrease throughout the planet. Moreover, a recent study has shown that even a regional nuclear war will trigger a nuclear winter. This will lead to global starvation, from which billions of people will die. Moreover, the most serious consequences will arise if a nuclear war occurs between Russia and the United States.

Even a small nuclear war will lead to global hunger on the planet

Nuclear war 2022 or the most disturbing period

Many scientists are now concerned about the consequencesnuclear war. The fact is that many experts call the current situation in the world the most alarming since the Caribbean crisis. According to Seth Baum, executive director of the Global Catastrophic Risk Institute, in terms of the level of danger after the Caribbean crisis, a similar situation arose only once in 1983, when the Soviet Union mistakenly took a NATO exercise for a real attack.

Of course, this does not mean that there will necessarily beUS nuclear war with Russia. Politicians are well aware of how this will turn out for the whole world. Nevertheless, experts name several fairly realistic scenarios for the start of a nuclear war.

After nuclear war, nuclear winter will begin

Why Nuclear War Will Cause Famine

As we said above, one of the most terribleconsequences of a nuclear war is nuclear winter. How likely is a nuclear winter to occur? In 1815, a similar situation already occurred, when the largest volcanic eruption in Indonesia occurred. Then the ash rose into the atmosphere and spread over the entire planet. This led to the fact that the next year was “no summer”.

With the advent of nuclear weapons, scientists have becometo warn that such a catastrophe would occur after a nuclear exchange. Powerful explosions and fires after them will raise millions of tons of soot into the air, which will cover the sunlight. One recent study showed that if the entire nuclear potential of Russia and the United States is used, the climate consequences will be felt for at least 10 years. At the same time, about 150 million tons of soot will rise into the atmosphere.

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As a result, scientists are concerned withfood crisis, which will inevitably arise as a result of a nuclear winter. Back in 2020, a similar analysis was carried out by Jonas Jagermeir, a climate change scientist. Then he came to the conclusion that even a nuclear war between India and Pakistan, that is, countries that do not have a large nuclear potential, will cause a global shortage of some products. But how critical will it be?

In the event of a nuclear war between Russia and the United States, 5 billion people will die of starvation

What will hunger be like in the event of a “nuclear winter”

The other day in the journal Nature Food appeareda study in which scientists more accurately assessed the potential impact of nuclear war on the food supply. To do this, they combined climate models with simulations of food production around the world, including agriculture and fisheries. In this case, six scenarios of nuclear war were used.

Given the reduction in the harvest of the most popularcrops, as well as fish catches, scientists estimated the total loss of calories produced on Earth and how many people would starve if trade between countries ceased, but resources were distributed evenly across countries. According to the authors of the work, if a nuclear war breaks out between the US and Russia, the average number of calories in the world will be reduced by 90%. This will lead to the death of about 5 billion people from starvation.

Even a small nuclear war would kill 2 billion people

If a nuclear war breaks out between Pakistan andIndia, calorie production will decrease by up to 50%. In this case, 2 billion people will die. And no amount of food saving strategies, including converting livestock feed and household waste into food, will do little to help.

Finally, we note that the current military conflictin Ukraine, even without the use of nuclear weapons, brought the world to the brink of a bread shortage. Therefore, the scale of the catastrophe in the event of a nuclear war is difficult to imagine.