{"id":11346,"date":"2026-04-20T13:05:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storieshub.xyz\/?p=11346"},"modified":"2026-04-20T13:05:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:05:48","slug":"only-two-places-are-safe-in-a-nuclear-war-expert-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storieshub.xyz\/?p=11346","title":{"rendered":"Only two places are safe in a nuclear war, expert says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lately, international headlines have been focused on potential armed conflicts in parts of the word, raising the question: is there truly any place left that\u2019s safe?<\/p>\n

According to experts, the answer is yes. But these safe places aren\u2019t bunkers or shelters as many may assume.<\/p>\n

Annie Jacobsen, an investigative journalist and author, argues that if things go south and nuclear war breaks out, there are two places considered safe \u2014 New Zealand and Australia.
\nIn case you wonder why, Jacobsen explains that in case of a nuclear war, the countries in the Southern Hemisphere would remain the only places capable of supporting agricultural life.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPlaces like Iowa and Ukraine would be just snow for 10 years. So agriculture would fail and when agriculture fails, people just die,\u201d she said an interview with Steven Bartlett for The Diary of a CEO podcast.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn top of that, you have the radiation poisoning because the ozone layer will be so damaged and destroyed that you can\u2019t be outside in the sunlight.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople will be forced to live underground. So you have to imagine people living underground, fighting for food everywhere except for in New Zealand and Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Further, Jacobsen cited a research from Professor Owen Toon in Nature Food. She stated, \u201cProfessor Toon and his team[\u2026] sort of updated [the] nuclear winter idea based around food, and the number that they have is five billion people would be dead.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to experts, nuclear winter refers to the prolonged cooling after nuclear explosions ignite massive fires. This would lead to serious food shortages and hunger for people and animals alike.<\/p>\n

Bartlett asked, \u201cThe population of the planet currently is what, eight billion?\u201d and added: \u201cSo there\u2019d be three billion people still alive. Where shall I go to be one of the three billion? I was just in New Zealand and Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jacobsen replied: \u201cThat\u2019s exactly where you\u2019d go. According to Toon, those are the only places that could actually sustain agriculture.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also, Australia and New Zealand are geographically distant from the world\u2019s major nuclear powers like US and Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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