The Effects on the Atmosphere of a Major Nuclear Exchange

Committee on the Atmospheric Effects of Nuclear Explosions, National Research Council 1985 Washington: National Academy ix + 193 pp price $14.50 (paperback) ISBN 0 309 03528 7 That the aftermath of a nuclear war could be a ‘nuclear winter’ is a recent prediction that has attracted much media publicity. Any scientist who wishes to obtain the best factual information presently available on the subject could do no better than read this reasonably priced report.