Could under ground nuclear detonation change core temperatures resulting in climate change?

Question

Could under ground nuclear detonation change core temperatures resulting in climate change?

Answer 1

No.  Despite all the nuclear explosives we have, and the vast amount of power they have, they're no match for the sheer mass of Earth.  The largest of underground nuclear tests left caverns in rock at most about 1 km (a half-mile) in diameter.  Most are much smaller than this.  Compare this with the size of Earth's core at about 3,400 km in diameter (about 2,000 miles), and which is super dense in iron and nickel.

If nuclear warheads are only powerful enough to blast relatively small holes in solid rock (compared to the size of Earth), then they're certainly not powerful enough to raise the temperature of the entire core, which is super massive and dense.

Besides, the temperature of the core has nothing to do with the weather.  The weather and climate are driven by the oceans, the land, and the atmosphere, and powered by energy from the sun.

Answer 2

yes, but not enough to matter. (or possibly be measurable)

Answer 3

No - even a single 100 megaton placed under the thinnest portion of the lithosphere deep in the ocean - it only release the equivalent of one volcano in magma flow.

However if hundreds of thousands of vents at the bottom of the ocean were to vent heat and gases  (including CO2) - that could increase CO2 as well as heat oceans a few degrees centigrade in one area - enhancing the El Nino weather effects.

Thousand of new volcanoes revealed beneath the waves

"The team estimates that in total there could be about 3 million submarine volcanoes, 39,000 of which rise more than 1000 metres over the sea bed."

http://environment.newscientist.com/arti...

Strange heat detected around Australia - about 8 degrees warmer than rest of oceans? ! ? ! ?

http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite...

Answer 4

i JUST WONDER THE SAME THING AND AM STILL THINKING OF NAGASAKI AND hIROSHIMA TO STAR WITH.

Answer 5

No. If you want the long answer, it's $5.

The short answer is that, simply, as much energy as a nuclear device gives off, the sun projects more energy into the earth in one day than hundreds of those nuclear tests ever could. Also, the core temperature of the Earth is so hot that the most the nuke could do is cool it off ;). But seriously, it isn't nearly close enough to the core to have any affect, anyway.

Like I said. Long answer=$5