Environmental impact of war
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| - | '''Nuclear holocaust''' refers to a possible nearly complete annihilation of human [[civilization]] by [[nuclear warfare]]. Under such a scenario, all or most of the Earth is made uninhabitable by [[nuclear weapon]]s in [[World War III|future world wars]]. | + | Study of the '''environmental impact of war''' focuses on the modernization of [[warfare]] and its increasing effects on the [[Natural environment|environment]]. [[Scorched earth]] methods have been used for much of recorded history. However, the methods of modern warfare cause far greater devastation on the [[environment (biophysical)|environment]]. The progression of warfare from [[chemical weapons]] to [[nuclear weapons]] has increasingly created stress on [[ecosystems]] and the [[Natural environment|environment]]. Specific examples of the environmental impact of war include: [[World War I]], [[World War II]], the [[Vietnam War]], the [[Rwandan Civil War]], the [[Kosovo War]] and the [[Gulf War]]. |
| - | Nuclear physicists and others have speculated that nuclear holocaust could result in an end to human life, or at least to modern civilization on Earth due to the immediate effects of [[nuclear fallout]], the loss of much modern technology due to [[electromagnetic pulse]]s, or [[nuclear winter]] and resulting [[extinction]]s. Since 1947, the [[Doomsday Clock]] of the [[Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists]] visualizes how far the world is from a nuclear holocaust. | ||
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| - | The threat of a nuclear holocaust plays an important role in the [[Nuclear weapons in popular culture|popular perception of nuclear weapons]]. It features in the security concept of [[Mutual assured destruction|mutually assured destruction (MAD)]] and is a common scenario in [[survivalism]]. Nuclear holocaust is a [[List of nuclear holocaust fiction|common feature in literature]], especially in [[speculative fiction|speculative genres]] such as [[science fiction]], [[Dystopia|dystopian]] and [[Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction|post-apocalyptic fiction]]. | ||
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| - | * [[Cold War II]] | + | *[[Biological warfare]] |
| - | * [[Environmental impact of war]] | + | *[[Chemical warfare]] |
| - | * [[Global catastrophic risk]] | + | *[[Environmental effects of the Syrian Civil War]] |
| - | * [[List of nuclear holocaust fiction]] | + | *[[List of environmental issues]] |
| - | * [[Nuclear terrorism]] | + | *[[Nuclear warfare]] |
| - | * [[World War III]] | + | *[[Nuclear winter]] |
| - | * [[Nuclear anxiety]] | + | *[[Scorched earth]] |
| - | + | *[[Unconventional warfare]] | |
| + | *[[Well poisoning]] | ||
| + | *[[War crimes]] | ||
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Study of the environmental impact of war focuses on the modernization of warfare and its increasing effects on the environment. Scorched earth methods have been used for much of recorded history. However, the methods of modern warfare cause far greater devastation on the environment. The progression of warfare from chemical weapons to nuclear weapons has increasingly created stress on ecosystems and the environment. Specific examples of the environmental impact of war include: World War I, World War II, the Vietnam War, the Rwandan Civil War, the Kosovo War and the Gulf War.
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See also
- Biological warfare
- Chemical warfare
- Environmental effects of the Syrian Civil War
- List of environmental issues
- Nuclear warfare
- Nuclear winter
- Scorched earth
- Unconventional warfare
- Well poisoning
- War crimes
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