Monday, December 07, 2009

The war against warming : article : Nature Reports Climate Change

The war against warming : article : Nature Reports Climate Change

It seems that military minds on both sides of the Atlantic are becoming increasingly concerned about the security implications of climate change.

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"The rapidly melting glaciers in the Himalayas are most worrisome. Goodman, a former deputy undersecretary of defense in the Clinton administration, says that flooding from glacial melt and loss of vital clean water source will probably 'exacerbate instability in Pakistan, a country where the United States has a key strategic interest'."






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