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Nuclear VI
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By Ann Farmer
This winter could be colder than you think, and USC's
international studies institute is daring you to think about
it.
"Nuclear Winter and the Prevention of Nuclear War," a
three-day symposium sponsored by the institute, will
discuss scientific studies that suggest life on Earth could
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detonated.
A group of five scientists, including Carl Sagan, said in a
study published in 1983 that a limited nuclear war would
send enough smoke, soot and dust into the upper atmosphere
to block out the sun for months.
THE RESULT could be a freezing winter that would
eliminate thousands of species, including the human race.
F'eter Sederberg, a professor in USC's government and
international studies department and director of the symposium,
said in a press release, "Nuclear explosions would
blast huge volumes of dust and soot into the upper atmosphere,
covering the Northern Hemisphere, posibly the
entire globe, in a pall of darkness for months.
Temperatures would drop by 65 degrees Farenheit or more.
"Burning cities would release deadly chemicals, and
large zones around burned-out cities would be shrouded
for months with toxic smogs.
"Unseasonal cold would damage or kill many plants and
reduce or halt photosynthesis. Many surviving animals
would ireez.e, die ot thirst as ground water froze, or starve
as food supplies dwindled.
"THE EXTINCTION of numerous species in the northern
temperate zones would be likely. If the effects of
nuclear winter spread to the tropics, the extended cold and
darkness could devastate the earth's major reservoir of
species.
"The world's nuclear arsenals today include the
equivalent of over 15,000 megatons of explosive power ?
more than a million Hiroshima-type bombs. Even an exSTUDENT
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Sederberg teaches a class called "Nuclear Holocausts ?
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THE SYMPOSIUM, which begins tomorrow, will look
at how the nuclear winter hypothesis affects policies like
deterrance, parity and limited nuclear war.
Speakers include Paul Warnke, former U.S. chief
negotiator of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks; and the
Most Rev. L.T. Matthiesen, a Catholic bishop and
outspoken opponent of nuclear weapons.
Warnke gives a keynote address at 8 p.m. tomorrow.
Mathiesen suggested to employees at the Pantex plant in
Amarillo, Texas, where he lives, that they may be morally
See "Winter," page 9.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29
"The Prevention of Nuclear War: Are The Superpowers
Meeting Their Resnnnsihilities "
Paul Warnke, former director of the Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency
8 p.m., Gambrell Auditorium
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30
Panel on Deterrence and the Prevention of Nuclear War
William Baugh, University of Oregon
Catherine Kelleher, University of Maryland
Donald Snow, University of Alabama
2:30 p.m., Gambrell Auditorium
"The Ecological Consequences of Nuclear War"
George Wood well, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods
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