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Immediate Risk to National Security Posed by Global Warming
2014-10-14 19:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: The Pentagon released a landmark report yesterday declaring climate change an "immediate risk" to national security and outlining how it intends to protect bases, prepare for humanitarian disasters and plan for global conflicts. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel unveiled the plan at the Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas in Peru, where he said defense leaders "must be part of this global discussion" on climate change. Militaries, he added, "must be clear-eyed about the security threats...
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Pentagon: global warming will change how US military trains & goes to war
2014-10-14 00:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Global warming is changing the way the US trains for and goes to war affecting war games, weapons systems, training exercises, and military installations according to the Pentagon. The defence secretary, Chuck Hagel, will tell a high-level meeting of military leaders on Monday that the Pentagon is undertaking sweeping changes to operation systems and installations to keep up with a growing threat of rising seas, droughts, and natural disasters caused by climate change. A changing climate...
Pentagon Unveils Strategy for Adapting Global Warming Threats
2014-10-13 22:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: The Defense Department sees global warming as a challenge that "poses immediate risks" to national security, rather than one that will rear its head only in the future. This shift in thinking comes as the sprawling department puts in place a wide range of measures to ensure that its bases do not sink below the sea as the oceans rise, that its weapons systems still work in a variety of extreme weather conditions, and that it is prepared to deal with increased demands for humanitarian assistance...
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China's energy efficiency program still promotes global warming
2014-10-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Living on Earth: Despite China's improved energy efficiency in recent years, economics professor Dabo Guan tells host Steve Curwood that rapid growth has led to an overall increase in CO2 emissions. Transcript CURWOOD: It's Living on Earth. I'm Steve Curwood. China is the largest CO2 polluter on the planet, just ahead of the United States. And now the world's most populous nation is pledging to cut the carbon intensity of its economy nearly in half by the end of the decade, by becoming more energy efficient....
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Mangroves may shelter some corals from global warming
2014-10-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Summit Voice: Some coral species are finding a refuge of sorts from global warming by finding new habitat in the shade of red mangrove trees. Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey and Eckerd College documented discovery of the refuge in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where more than 30 species of reef corals were found growing in Hurricane Hole, a mangrove habitat within the Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument in St. John. Corals, invertebrates of the sea that have been on Earth for millions of years,...
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