LONG TERM/SHORT TERM IMPACTS
LONG TERM EFFECTS
There are many long term effects of the tsunami that occurred in Japan, 2011. In fact, there are more long term than short term effects, some of which are tourism, deployment, food amount and blackouts that occur often. Fishing companies are only able to operate at about 20% of how they normally worked before the tsunami. Since then, the trading has gone down way lower than before, placing one of the US's biggest trading partners in threat. Another long term effect is that about 300 tons of radioactive water still continues to leak from the power plant everyday, causing it to go into the Pacific Ocean, affecting fish and other marine life.
There are many long term effects of the tsunami that occurred in Japan, 2011. In fact, there are more long term than short term effects, some of which are tourism, deployment, food amount and blackouts that occur often. Fishing companies are only able to operate at about 20% of how they normally worked before the tsunami. Since then, the trading has gone down way lower than before, placing one of the US's biggest trading partners in threat. Another long term effect is that about 300 tons of radioactive water still continues to leak from the power plant everyday, causing it to go into the Pacific Ocean, affecting fish and other marine life.
Figure 4.1: A diagram of the radioactive seawater impact.
SHORT TERM EFFECTS
As written earlier, there aren't many short term effects. They include Tohuku, a Japanese town, going down in agriculture quality, and their fishing industry going down as well. Another effect includes cleaning up the land that the tsunami had struck. This is because plants only grow in fresh water, but the tsunami brought the ocean's salt water into farms, stopping all plant growth.
As written earlier, there aren't many short term effects. They include Tohuku, a Japanese town, going down in agriculture quality, and their fishing industry going down as well. Another effect includes cleaning up the land that the tsunami had struck. This is because plants only grow in fresh water, but the tsunami brought the ocean's salt water into farms, stopping all plant growth.