The international war study provides a better picture of a nuclear war's aftereffects than previous studies. The study team used the new climate modeling technique to know the effects of a hypothetical nuclear war.
The research also included all complex chemical reactions in the stratosphere influencing the number of UV rays reaching the Earth's surface.
Including the devastating effects of a nuclear war happening almost immediately after impact, the UV rays and climate changes would be worldwide. Such widespread effects wouldn't be local to the war occurrence. But, it would be global and would affect every species on Earth.
The researchers' team found that the smoke released from a nuclear war would devastate the ozone layer over fifteen years. The ozone loss would peak at an average of seventy-five percent globally.
Even a less major nuclear war (regional) would lead to an ozone loss peaking around twenty-five percent globally and would take more than twelve years to recover.
Such nuclear impacts would be heavily devastating to all the species present on the Earth and may also lead to a complete wipeout of the surrounding environment.
The high volume of UV rays always leads to various skin problems like skin cancer and immunological diseases. The ozone layer protects all terrestrial, aquatic, and agricultural ecosystems.
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