Nuclear Weapons And Their Hazards

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production over large
expanses in the Northern Hemisphere, this could occur through acute
climatic conditions which chilling or freezing temperatures occurring for
brief periods during the growing season which could destroy crops or lower
production. As result of the variety of potential physical and societal
disruptions to agriculture from a large-scale nuclear war, agriculture in
the Northern Hemisphere could be shut down or significantly reduced for the
first growing season after war and maybe several growing seasons. Only the
major grain-producing countries such as United States, Canada, and
Australia had enough stored food to keep their populations alive if they
lost the crops from a full growing season. For countries and thus for most
of the people on earth, the food would run out in a matter of a few months
if there were no agricultural production for just one growing season. The
majority of the earth's human population is vulnerable to starvation
following a large-scale ...

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