The evolution of the East Asian environment. Vol. I. Geology and palaeoclimatology, R. O. Whyte (ed.), Center of Asian Studies, Occasional Papers and Monographs, No. 59, University of Hong Kong, 1984. No. of pages: xi + 413. ISSN 0378-2689. Price: HK $120
✍ Scribed by Barry, R. G.
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1986
- Weight
- 124 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 2314-6214
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✦ Synopsis
BOOK REVIEWS publication of another major assessment of the 'nuclear winter hypothesis'. The Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE), part of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), has been undertaking during the same period an investigation into the atmospheric and biological effects which may follow a large-scale nuclear exchange. It will be very interesting to compare the findings of these two studies. The National Research Council report adopts the cautious conclusion that a nuclear winter is a 'clear possibility'. From the publicity already given to the findings of numerous international research meetings arranged by SCOPE to examine the environmental effects of a nuclear war it seems that SCOPE will argue that such a conclusion is too cautious.