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Rapidly expanding nuclear arsenals in Pakistan and India portend regional and global catastrophe
- View ORCID ProfileOwen B. Toon1,*,
- View ORCID ProfileCharles G. Bardeen2,
- View ORCID ProfileAlan Robock3,
- View ORCID ProfileLili Xia3,
- View ORCID ProfileHans Kristensen4,
- View ORCID ProfileMatthew McKinzie5,
- View ORCID ProfileR. J. Peterson6,
- View ORCID ProfileCheryl S. Harrison7,8,
- Nicole S. Lovenduski9 and
- View ORCID ProfileRichard P. Turco10
- 1Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80303, USA.
- 2Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO 80307, USA.
- 3 Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.
- 4Federation of American Scientists, 1112 16th St., N.W. Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036, USA.
- 5Natural Resources Defense Council, 40 West 20th St., 11th Floor, New York, NY 10011, USA.
- 6Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0390, USA.
- 7School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Port Isabel, TX 78597, USA.
- 8Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0450, USA.
- 9Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0450, USA.
- 10Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: toon{at}lasp.colorado.edu
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Science Advances 02 Oct 2019:
Vol. 5, no. 10, eaay5478
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay5478
Vol. 5, no. 10, eaay5478
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay5478
Owen B. Toon
1Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80303, USA.
Charles G. Bardeen
2Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO 80307, USA.
Alan Robock
3 Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.
Lili Xia
3 Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.
Hans Kristensen
4Federation of American Scientists, 1112 16th St., N.W. Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036, USA.
Matthew McKinzie
5Natural Resources Defense Council, 40 West 20th St., 11th Floor, New York, NY 10011, USA.
R. J. Peterson
6Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0390, USA.
Cheryl S. Harrison
7School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Port Isabel, TX 78597, USA.
8Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0450, USA.
Nicole S. Lovenduski
9Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0450, USA.
Richard P. Turco
10Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
