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U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta on Climate Change and National Security

At a speech in Kentucky last Thursday, Secretary of Defense Panetta was asked a question on the implications of climate change for national security, and the future of the Defense Department. Secretary Panetta gave a thoughtful response, highlighting the security impacts of climate-aggravated drought, sea level rise and Arctic melt. (more…)

Thawing Ice and Data in the Arctic: Navies Uncover Vital Climate Information

Both the UK and the U.S. Navies are cooperating with scientists to share climate data collected in the Arctic.  Naval submarines have spent the better part of the last few decades trawling the depths of the cold waters.  With a changing climate, both physical and political, and melting ice in the Arctic, the data collected during such missions is now an invaluable tool to those trying to get a better, more accurate understanding of what exactly is happening up there. (more…)

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