The Environmental Effects of Nuclear War

ISBN-13: 9780367307271 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 204 str.

Julius London; Gilbert F. White

Opis

This book assesses the current available information concerning the major scientific problems related to environmental consequences of a possible nuclear war, discussing the role of the scientist in developing such information as a contribution to the elimination of the nuclear war threat.

Spis treści

About the Series -- The Environmental Effects of Nuclear War—An Overview -- The Short-Term Consequences of Nuclear War for Civilians -- Transport and Residence Times of Airborne Radioactivity -- Nuclear Explosions and Atmospheric Ozone -- Radiation Effects on Humans -- The Long-Term Ecological Effects of Nuclear War: Twilight for the Species? -- Current Unresolved Problems in the Evaluation of Environmental Effects of Nuclear War -- What Can the Scientist Do? -- Resolution Passed by the AAAS Council (7 January 1982) -- The Russell-Einstein Manifesto 1955 -- International Council of Scientific Unions -- Resolution of the National Academy of Sciences (27 April 1982) -- Statement of the American Physical Society Issued by the APS Council of the American Physical Society, 23 January 1983 -- Resolution Passed by the AAAS Council (30 May 1983) -- A Statement of the Council of the American Meteorological Society -- Declaration on Prevention of Nuclear War

O autorze

Julius London, Gilbert F. White