Winter wonders.The theory of "nuclear winter" was originally put forward by an Eastern European mathematician in the 1980s ("Sudden Chill," SN: 2/3/07, p. 72). Some months later, it was shown that an error in his original calculations so vastly exaggerated "nuclear winter" as to make it meaningless. Still, the dramatic concept of a "nuclear winter" obviously lives on in the public's mind and now has been taken up, I see, for climate-change advocacy. You do no service to science, nor to the public, by touting such misinformation mis·in·form tr.v. mis·in·formed, mis·in·form·ing, mis·in·forms To provide with incorrect information. mis once again. J. STRIEGEL, TOFINO, BRITISH COLUMBIA Tofino is a village of about 1,650 residents on the west coast of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada, located at the western terminus of Highway 4. Tofino was named after a Spanish mathematician and scientist, Jefe de Escuadra Tofino, who died in 1795. Any nuclear attack anywhere in the world would result in the end of life as we know it Life As We Know It is an American television drama on the ABC network during the 2004-2005 season. It was created by Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah. The series was based on the novel Doing It by British writer Melvin Burgess. . I would like to reiterate a quote from Albert Einstein: "I know not with what weapons World War III World War III (abbreviated WWIII), or the Third World War, is a term used to describe a hypothetical conflict on the scale of World War I and World War II, or even larger, such as a nuclear holocaust. will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." DOROTHY HIGSON, NEW ORLEANS, LA. The article compared nuclear winter to the chilling effect of volcanoes and the little ice age. It didn't talk about the effects of two volcanoes that were particularly chilling. Laki in Iceland and Tambora in Indonesia each immediately killed about 10,000 people but starved many more. Indirect evidence suggests that global chilling by another Indonesian volcano, at Lake Toba, nearly wiped out Homo sapiens around 75,000 years ago. RAYMOND C. BRYAN, ST. PAUL, MINN MINN Minnesota (old style) . Could the global-cooling mechanism of nuclear winter and volcanoes be intentionally used to combat global warming? A solar-powered excavator ex·ca·va·tor n. An instrument, such as a sharp spoon or curette, used in scraping out pathological tissue. excavator (eks´k on the lunar surface could send tons of dust at the stratosphere. DENNIS BICKER, SAN RAMON, CALIF. |
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