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U.S. Admiral: climate change, not North Korea, biggest threat in the Pacific
2013-03-13 17:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: This week, Admiral Samuel J. Locklear II, the head of U.S. military forces in the Pacific, told The Boston Globe that climate change was the gravest threat in the region. While such an assessment may be surprising, given North Korea's recent nuclear tests, the U.S. military has long viewed climate change as a massive destabilizing force on global security. "You have the real potential here in the not-too-distant future of nations displaced by rising sea level," Locklear said. "Certainly weather...
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