Climate change and national security in America
America's soldiers are grappling with the threats posed by a changing environment.
Climate change and national security
Climate change and national security describes serious threats to the security and prosperity of countries, due to climate warming, and climate actions to adapt and mitigate impacts.
Record Low Arctic Sea Ice Maximum (2016)
Arctic sea ice appears to have reached a record low wintertime maximum extent for the second year in a row, according to scientists at the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and NASA.
Alan Robock: We need to move ahead aggressively with the grid and battery technology
Climate scientist Alan Robock, studies nuclear winter, volcanic eruptions and climate, geoengineering, and global warming. ClimateState staff interviewed Alan to give us a snapshot of the current state on these topics. […]
Dire Predictions: Understanding Climate Change (2nd edition)
Scientists now say that ice melt in Greenland and Antarctica could speed up faster than we previously thought. But that's not just going to raise sea levels - it could drive storms stronger than anything humans have ever seen.
Ted Scambos on Marine Ice Cliff Instability
Ted Scambos, Lead Scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center, weighs in on the latest study showing increased vulnerability of the Antarctic ice sheet to collapse.
John Kerry on the Future of Energy
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers keynote remarks at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance "Future of Energy" Summit in New York City on April 5, 2016.
Nuclear Winter – Alan Robock on Reality Asserts Itself
Mr. Robock says a full-scale nuclear war between the United States and Russia would produce so much smoke that temperatures would get below freezing even in the summertime, crops would die and there would be no food for the entire planet.
Sea level rise estimates doubled
Brady Dennis and Chris Mooney from The Washington post, recently reported on updated sea level rise projections.