A trash fire in 1962 ignited the anthracite seam beneath Centralia, Pennsylvania, and federal estimates say the underground blaze has enough fuel to burn for another 250 years, longer than any modeled recovery from nuclear winter. The post Centralia, Pennsylvania has burned underground since 1962, and the unsettling lesson for nuclear-winter models is that the sky can clear long before the fuel source stops burning appeared first on Space Daily .
Centralia, Pennsylvania has burned underground since 1962, and the unsettling lesson for nuclear-winter models is that the sky can clear long before the fuel source stops burning