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Nuclear winter is a severe and prolonged global climatic cooling effect that is hypothesized [1] [2] to occur after widespread firestorms following a large-scale nuclear war. [3] The hypothesis is based on the fact that such fires can inject soot into the stratosphere, where it can block some direct sunlight from reaching the surface of the Earth.
Koročun or Kračun was a pagan Slavic holiday. It was considered the day when the Black God and other spirits associated with decay and darkness were most potent. The first recorded usage of the term was in 1143, when the author of the Novgorod First Chronicle referred to the winter solstice as "Koročun".
Diagram of an RTG used on the Cassini probe. A radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG, RITEG), sometimes referred to as a radioisotope power system (RPS), is a type of nuclear battery that uses an array of thermocouples to convert the heat released by the decay of a suitable radioactive material into electricity by the Seebeck effect.
Winter Rose is a 1996 fantasy novel by American writer Patricia A. McKillip. It was nominated for the 1996 Nebula Award and 1997 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, [1] and was a finalist for the 1997 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature. [2] In 2006, McKillip published its sequel, Solstice Wood.
Project Winter is a social deduction video game featuring survival game mechanics first released on May 23, 2019, for Windows. In Project Winter , players take on the roles of "survivors" and "traitors", having to repair two objectives to escape from an incoming blizzard , or prevent an escape from happening.
Schedule, medal table, and individual results from the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics 12/10 A Wave Of Violence In Iraq Interactive charts and map illustrating recent bombings and deaths in Iraq
Marcescence is most obvious in deciduous trees that retain leaves through the winter. Several trees normally have marcescent leaves such as oak ( Quercus ), [ 5 ] beech ( Fagus ) and hornbeam ( Carpinus ), or marcescent stipules as in some but not all species of willows ( Salix ). [ 6 ]
President Joe Biden ordered a national day of mourning in January and flags to be displayed at half-staff following President Jimmy Carter's death.