You know we're living in interesting times when "nuke the ocean floor" makes it onto the list of climate solutions. A new ...
The military wanted to test the electromagnetic impacts of nuclear weapons in space. In 1962 they lit up the sky.
A decent nuclear explosion could reduce a large volume of basalt to powder, enabling a huge spurt of enhanced rock weathering. Haverly proposes burying a nuclear bomb at least 3 kilometres below the ...
According to the BBC, the asteroid's size means it would have the same power as a nuclear bomb if it were to hit the Earth.
AN asteroid the size of a football pitch cannot be ignored, an expert has warned after its chances of hitting Earth increased ...
Moments in human history are etched into the Earth. Now researchers are piecing together evidence of our impact on the planet ...
The chances of an asteroid hitting the Earth with enough force to destroy a small country have been increased to 1 in 43.
and single-kiloton yield to provide the United States with the flexibility to respond to the threatened or actual use of nuclear weapons by an adversary in a proportional way without resorting larger ...
Similarly, an unexploded bomb was found under a Plymouth house last February, with a painstaking removal process seeing the device towed out to sea before being detonated. To this day ...
The most powerful rocket ever made had a partial disintegration, causing a spectacular display caught on cameras. But what is the environmental impact of such failures over the ocean?