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It would require 3,000,000x the power of hiroshima or 81gt and the negatives involve steam and other materials going into the atmosphere ( like the recent Hunga Tonga volcanic explosion), radioactive nuclear fallout helping the ocean getting a nice glow, and an ocean full of debris which would likely kill of most ocean life in the region for a while. Not to mention the sudden cooling of our planet by 1.5C affecting climate in unpredictable ways.
..and to top it off, my money is on "that's exactly how we get Godzilla"..
There must be better ways.
>radioactive nuclear fallout helping the ocean getting a nice glow
Fun fact - thermonuclear bombs have relatively little fission products - eg. Tsar derived only 3% of its yield from fission. Paper argues there would be no significant radiation impact, and while the ocean life in the region would get wiped author argues global warming will is worse.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/387975147_Nuclear_E...
Anyway would be interesting if they did a smaller scale experiment to measure the impact - always good to have options.