nuclear summers

A form of nuclear summer — A period, hypothesized to follow a nuclear winter, in which surface temperatures rise to a dangerous degree because of the release of carbon dioxide and methane from decayed organic matter.

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of nuclear summer
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