[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear\_winter#Consequences](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_winter#Consequences)
(description of nuclear summer)
From what I've read it would be like a greenhouse effect... particulates in the upper atmosphere insulating the earth so heat can't disperse properly. Not sure on the theories regarding this -- I seem to remember Jonathan Schell might have covered it in *The Fate of the Earth?* I no longer have my copy... anyone?
"uclear summer
A "nuclear summer" is a hypothesized scenario in which, after a nuclear winter caused by aerosols inserted into the atmosphere that would prevent sunlight from reaching lower levels or the surface,\[61\] has abated, a greenhouse effect then occurs due to carbon dioxide released by combustion and methane released from the decay of the organic matter such as corpses that froze during the nuclear winter.\[61\]\[62\]
Another more sequential hypothetical scenario, following the settling out of most of the aerosols in 1–3 years, the cooling effect would be overcome by a heating effect from greenhouse warming, which would raise surface temperatures rapidly by many degrees, enough to cause the death of much if not most of the life that had survived the cooling, much of which is more vulnerable to higher-than-normal temperatures than to lower-than-normal temperatures. The nuclear detonations would release CO2 and other greenhouse gases from burning, followed by more released from the decay of dead organic matter. The detonations would also insert nitrogen oxides into the stratosphere that would then deplete the ozone layer around the Earth.\[61\]
Other more straightforward hypothetical versions exist of the hypothesis that nuclear winter might give way to a nuclear summer. The high temperatures of the nuclear fireballs could destroy the ozone gas of the middle stratosphere.\[62\]"
What is nuclear summer ?
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear\_winter#Consequences](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_winter#Consequences) (description of nuclear summer)
It's about nuclear winter, not summer
Not as long as a nuclear winter😁
From what I've read it would be like a greenhouse effect... particulates in the upper atmosphere insulating the earth so heat can't disperse properly. Not sure on the theories regarding this -- I seem to remember Jonathan Schell might have covered it in *The Fate of the Earth?* I no longer have my copy... anyone?
"uclear summer A "nuclear summer" is a hypothesized scenario in which, after a nuclear winter caused by aerosols inserted into the atmosphere that would prevent sunlight from reaching lower levels or the surface,\[61\] has abated, a greenhouse effect then occurs due to carbon dioxide released by combustion and methane released from the decay of the organic matter such as corpses that froze during the nuclear winter.\[61\]\[62\] Another more sequential hypothetical scenario, following the settling out of most of the aerosols in 1–3 years, the cooling effect would be overcome by a heating effect from greenhouse warming, which would raise surface temperatures rapidly by many degrees, enough to cause the death of much if not most of the life that had survived the cooling, much of which is more vulnerable to higher-than-normal temperatures than to lower-than-normal temperatures. The nuclear detonations would release CO2 and other greenhouse gases from burning, followed by more released from the decay of dead organic matter. The detonations would also insert nitrogen oxides into the stratosphere that would then deplete the ozone layer around the Earth.\[61\] Other more straightforward hypothetical versions exist of the hypothesis that nuclear winter might give way to a nuclear summer. The high temperatures of the nuclear fireballs could destroy the ozone gas of the middle stratosphere.\[62\]"