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How many teragrams of black carbon will be injected into the upper troposphere as a result of the next nuclear conflict?

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Black carbon

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Authors:

Metaculus-Partners AlyssaStevens

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Closes:

Scheduled resolution:

Nuclear Risk Horizons Project

Geopolitics

Nuclear Technology & Risks

Nuclear warfare

Tropical upper tropospheric trough

Environmental science

Climate change denial

Black carbon

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If there's a nuclear conflict involving >1,000 detonations, will that cause more than 4 billion fatalities within 10 years?

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