Could We Destroy Our Planet?
With the proliferation of nuclear weapons on the planet, do we have the ability to destroy ourselves? SciShow host Hank Green says that the entire nuclear arsenal on Earth, mostly concentrated in the United States and Russia, is about 7,000 megatons, which is puny on a universal scale and when compared to natural forces. Granted, if all these weapons were detonated, there would be severe damange to deal with. “But the Earth is pretty sturdy and people are pretty good at surviving,” Green says.
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