A Nuclear War Could Starve 5 Billion People

A full-scale nuclear war could trigger a global famine capable of killing billions of people — including people thousands of miles from any explosion.In this episode of Divergent Files, we follow the chain from nuclear winter and failed harvests to empty grocery shelves, disrupted supply chains, rationing, and the strange alternative foods researchers believe could help humanity survive a global food catastrophe.Because the real question may not be whether civilization survives the bomb. It may be how many meals civilization can afford to miss.