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On 3 July 1970, France carried out the “Licorne” nuclear test on the atoll of Muroroa, French Polynesia. Creative Commons

November 17, 2022

Even a limited nuclear war could devastate the world’s oceans: here’s what our modelling shows

Tyler Rohr, University of Tasmania; Cheryl Harrison, Louisiana State University ; Kim Scherrer, University of Bergen, and Ryan Heneghan, Griffith University

In Europe, a large-scale war could cause the Baltic Sea to freeze over and severely compromise food security – potentially for decades and even centuries to come.

A major war between the United States and Russia could make global fish catches fall by as much as 30 per cent. (Pexels)

November 9, 2020

After a nuclear war, the world’s emergency food supply could be seafood — if overfishing stops now

Eric Galbraith, McGill University and Kim Scherrer, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Marine fish could serve as a crucial global emergency food supply in times of crisis, if marine ecosystems were in a healthy state to start with.

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