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The effect of the Fukushima meltdown was that 156,000 people were displaced, although some people say that this was an over-reaction and the exclusion zone coul
by vilhelm_s 10y ago
The effect of the Fukushima meltdown was that 156,000 people were displaced, although some people say that this was an over-reaction and the exclusion zone could be much smaller [1,2]. Climate change is expected to displace 150 - 200 million people by 2050 [3], so it corresponds to about a thousand meltdowns.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_effects_from_the_Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_effects_from_the_Fuk...
[2] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35761136 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35761136
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_migrant#Enumeration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_migrant#Enumerat...