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There’s grim news on climate change. Will it lead to mass migration and conflict?
This article discusses climate change and the possibility that it will lead to mass migration and conflict.
This week’s United Nations climate report, drawing on almost 100 leading scientists around the world, keeps climate change in the headlines — as do Hurricanes Florence and Michael, Typhoon Mangkhut, and the heat waves […]
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Trump’s Defense Department Is Actually Preparing for Climate Change
This article discusses how the US military is preparing for climate change, despite the denier-in-chief.
Luckily, the Department of Defense is one of the few federal agencies that still treats climate change as a threat under President Donald Trump. On Monday, the president signed a $716 billion
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When Climate Change Starts Wars
This article discusses how climate change is drying up water sources, and that could lead to wars. Rising temperatures are bringing ethnic tensions to a boil in Central Asia.
The Kyrgyz soldier stepped quietly out of the dark green bushes and swung his Kalashnikov rifle in the direction of our […]
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Could flooding and sea level rise cost Hampton Roads a military base?
This article discusses the potential for the military to move a naval base due to sea level rise and flooding. The loss of Virginia jobs would be devastating.
Sea level rise could put some of the region’s bases in jeopardy of closing, which would have a serious impact on the […]
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Parris Island, Charleston Coast Guard threatened by rising seas, global warming
This article discusses how rising oceans are affecting military installations, like Parris Island. While Congress and the administration waffle on the climate change issue, the military is preparing for the reality, said John Conger, the Center for Climate and Security director and a former Department of Defense comptroller.
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Studies: Take it from the military: Climate security is national security
This article discusses how the military looks at climate change and its implications on national security. It is clearly at odds with the Trump administration.
President Trump has insisted that national security is his top priority, repeatedly pledging to protect Americans and equip our military to be the […]
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Climate change, the Internet, and Cyber Security
This article discusses the impact climate change will have on the internet. Rising sea levels could critically damage and disrupt the core backbone of the internet. While many understand the internet is literally a giant network, most generally think that the traffic gets passed through satellites. Not so, actually. There […]
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Report: Building Coastal Resilience to Protect U.S. National Security
This article examines the linkage between US national security and sea level rise.
As the Atlantic hurricane season kicks off this month, some coastal communities in the United States and small-island nations in the Caribbean are still recovering from last year’s record-breaking damage. At the same time, the heavy rains pounding the […]
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The Naval Academy is getting ready for sea-level rise
This article discusses how the US Naval academy is getting ready to combat sea level rise. It joins a number of military bases threatened by climate change.
In Annapolis, Maryland, where the Severn River enters Chesapeake Bay, the historic U.S. Naval Academy sits nearly surrounded by water. And that water […]
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The Damn Thing Melted”: Arctic Security in the Blue-Water Era
This article discusses climate change and national security.
When Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer told the media last week that “the damn thing melted,” he wasn’t talking about an ice cream cone. As the Arctic faces unprecedented levels of open water, Spencer and other naval leaders recently testified to […]
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