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The costs and consequences of climate change on our world will define the 21st century. Even if nations across our planet were to take immediate steps to rein in carbon emissions--an unlikely prospect--a warmer climate is inevitable. As the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, noted in 2007, human-created 'warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice and rising global average sea level.' As these ill effects progress they will have serious implications for U.S. national security interests as well as global stability--extending from the sustainability of coastal military installations to the stability of nations that lack the resources, good governance, and resiliency needed to respond to the many adverse consequences of climate change. |
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You have been handed your ass, but you keep going
by Mike Preston on Tuesday, Jan 3, 2012 at 1:17:55 PM
My comment on another article is relative
by Philip Pease on Wednesday, Jan 4, 2012 at 8:46:11 AM