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What Happens AFTER Nuclear War?

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell | October 11, 2024



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A nuclear bomb is the most devastating explosion ever created.
One bomb can end tens of thousands of lives immediately and
hundreds of thousands through the radioactive aftermath. However,
the worst part comes afterward: a nuclear winter that might kill billions,
potentially leading to the complete collapse of our civilization.

In a nuclear winter, there are no winners – only starving losers.
How exactly does it work and what would it look like?

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  1. @Danii8247

    October 11, 2024 at 12:45 am

    I don’t get why anyone would want to survive a nuclear war outbreak anyway. Imagine the distress and PTSD you’d get and who’s to say you wouldn’t die of a said Cancer when your old anyway. Your life wouldn’t be the same ever again and for that reason i’d rather just not be hear than try and survive

  2. @knockedbuffalo

    October 11, 2024 at 12:45 am

    “It’s like humanity dropping an asteroid on itself” most realist statement Ive heard about this topic and i’m fucking laughing 🤣🤣but wouldn’t the black plague or sum be similar wit it destroying about 50-70% of the population at the time¿

  3. @TonyMcentee-k2h

    October 11, 2024 at 12:45 am

    "Always look on the bright side of life" (life of Brian).
    So the lesson to take from this is clear: Russia and the US have a self contained nuclear war. The rest of the world stays out of it and only 2 billion die. The world temperature in the semi nuclear winter only drops 2 degrees and in one hit global warming is solved. Where do I go to collect my reward. "Always look on the bright side of life ".😊😊😊

  4. @MerleRousseau-d2u

    October 11, 2024 at 12:45 am

    Are they really intent on using these mass weapons of destruction on each other and the citizen of the globe to be terrified and perish in anguish because of their agendas that mostly cause corruption.The after effect of this scenario is bad for those that endure through that conflict.Hopefully they can persuade thrir goverment leaders to not use these arsenals on any country for geopolitical or economic reasons.

  5. @c3whitefangalexandradiaz20

    October 11, 2024 at 12:45 am

    If human death wasn’t bad enough, imagine the amount of animals and insects that would die? Animals from colder countries might adapt (depending when nuclear winter starts, if it’s close to the time they usually prepare for winter). However, animals from warmer countries would probably perish. That is entire ecosystems gone, changing our entire world in a much deeper level than just humanity. Of course, life has a way of enduring, but it would take much much longer than a handful of years for ecosystems to fully come back from a nuclear war.

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