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Re:Crater under Greenland points to climate-altering impact ... by jon_richards on Thursday November 15, 2018 @07:38AM (#18458751)
Most people don't realize how variable a nuclear bomb is, so they want a soundbite that makes people think "a lot of nuclear bombs".

For context, nukes range from about .000001 to 50 megatons. If you combine all the nukes ever detonated, I don't think it would top 700 megatons.

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Re:Crater under Greenland points to climate-altering impact ... by arethuza on Thursday November 15, 2018 @07:48AM (#18458813)
Total appears to be 635 megatons - 545 Mt atmospheric and 90 underground Mt. Quite a bit more than I would have expected!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_testing

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Re:Crater under Greenland points to climate-altering impact ... by mabbo on Thursday November 15, 2018 @08:54AM (#18459208)
As a species, we really enjoy blowing things up.
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Re:Crater under Greenland points to climate-altering impact ... by thanosnose on Thursday November 15, 2018 @10:00AM (#18459706)
It's a bit unfair to blame the entire species when 2 countries are responsible for most of the nuclear tests.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_weapons_tests

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Re:Crater under Greenland points to climate-altering impact ... by marssaxman on Thursday November 15, 2018 @05:35PM (#18464122)
I have never been responsible for a nuclear test, but as a member of the human species, I can confirm that I really enjoy blowing things up.
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Re:Crater under Greenland points to climate-altering impact ... by strictnein on Thursday November 15, 2018 @10:12AM (#18459821)
How weird that countries that develop a new technology would test it far more than others who simply copied their work...
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