What if you detonated a nuclear bomb on Mount Everest? Would it trigger mass extinction? | Science

Did you ever wonder what would happen if you dropped a nuclear bomb on Mount Everest? You may have seen what would happen if you dropped a nuclear bomb in the mariana trench... but what about the tallest mountain on Earth that is 29,035 feet high? The Everest is over 60 million years old and nuclear weapons were invented only during the last century.

When you think about nuclear weapons, the first things that probably comes to mind are the devastating attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Both of these explosions changed the world forever. But since then, nuclear bombs have evolved. There is a nuclear bomb called "Castle Bravo" in the US arsenal.

So what would happen if that was detonated on Mt. Everest? What disaster would that unleash? Will it trigger an avalanche? What about the radiation and nuclear winter fallout? Will a volcano erupt? What would the Mountain Climbers and Sherpas think? You naughty you! Let us find out together!

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[GhanshyamDulani]

3:12 it is were she started answering the questions

[rohitmundra]

Glad i searched this ❤ lovely detailed video

[raynetaco]

Very underrated got this in my recommended

[n]

I’m over here wondering how it would change weather patterns to give airflow a new route as well.

[ertsekpal]

what about drill a hole into the mt. and detonate it inside :, D

[Son_goku-px]

If we detonet tsar bomba at it original yield 100+megaton 4000m inside Everest the frist the fire ball is more than 310m million degrees hot cooldown to inunder 20 scconds 30000 degrees and 11-15kn wide and the fire ball can last up to over 2 minutes so after the explosion frist 85 persent of the mountain will be pulverized and 15 persent woud be destroyed as samll grains if dust and small rock the crater can be 9km wide and 500m Deep after the detonetion

[mist]

bro didnt even talk about the tsar bomba

[supremea]

Me: Ok it's time to sleep
Brain: Hey, what if...
Me: Fck here we go again

[pusatpendidikananak]

Instead using castle bravo nuke, what happen if you instead use hydrogen nuclear tsar bomber to nuke mount everest ?

[andrewsingleplayer]

i agree that Mt Everest must be wiped out of this world for his environemental kills.

[englandismycity]

I guess we will just forget about the tsar bomba

[Shonade_Malik]

Now... How about you detonate Tsar Bomba on Mount Everest? The destruction would be much worse, and I can say that if any kind of nuclear bomb was detonated on Mount Everest or any other mountain, they would lose quite a lot of their height.

Anyways, great video!

[gorebhai]

Me watching from district where the mountains lies in Nepal.

[AtlanticPicture]

That's NOT how Hiroshima looked like after the bomb. That's more like an earthquake.

[divide]

for some reason this got recommended to me lol

[earthisdoomed]

You should try swimming 🏊‍♀️ in the vat of sulfuric acid just feel the pain each second

[vgames]

They did that in an episode of the original Legends of Galactic Heroes anime.

[rt-xgmechanicals]

Very interesting video, so the conclusion is that it will not trigger mass extinction event. Right.
So what will happen if enough of that terrible bombs are placed to level the whole granite stone peaks around it.
Let's say 100 of the modern most powerful bombs were placed. Then what happen, would it bring mass extinction?

Just got curious after watching your video, if you find my question interesting, please care to answer, or make a video on it.
Thank you

[bon-chan]

I literally left video over way she say hiroshima