This paper aims to document a scientific linkage between the underground testing of nuclear weapons
and global warming using methods in Statistical Process Control. An empirical analysis of CO2 and
fossil fuel data post-1945 suggests that global warming is not clearly attributable to greenhouse gas
emissions alone. Our data indicates beyond statistical doubt a direct linkage between the rise in CO2
levels and underground bomb testing; rendering adverse consequences like global warming, radioactive
contamination of terrestrial and marine ecosystems, and major disruptions to temperature patterns
around the world. The derivative carbon footprint of underground nuclear testing is colossal and can
bring about devastating human-induced climate changes which are not just massive but potentially
irreversible.
