What has the West Virginia chemical spill to do with climate change?

2014, Coal, Conflict, Ecocide, Energy, Environment, National Security, Policy, Water SecurityLeave a comment

Both involve the Koch Brothers In 2008, Freedom Industries was specially selected by Georgia-Pacific Chemicals as a distributor of G-P’s Talon brand mining reagents for West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, Minnesota, Kentucky and Michigan. Georgia-Pacific Chemicals is, of course, a subsidiary of Georgia-Pacific, which was acquired by Koch Industries in 2005.  URL Billionaire oilman David Koch used to joke that…

NRC: Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change (2013)

2013, Abrupt Climate Change, Climate Feedbacks, CO2 Emissions, Conflict, Cryosphere, Dead Zones, Deglaciation, Global, Greenhouse Gases, Hydrosphere, Ice Sheets, Lecture, Mass Extinction, Methane (CH4), Methane Hydrate, National Security, Ocean Acidification, Ocean Temperature, Policy, Region, Science Talk, Sea Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise, Study, USA8 Comments

Published 3rd December 2013: National Research Council Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change: Anticipating Surprises | Release URL Both abrupt changes in the physical climate system and steady changes in climate that can trigger abrupt changes in other physical, biological, and human systems present possible threats to nature and society. Abrupt change is already underway in some…

Climate Change, Clashes and Riots

2013, Atmosphere, Climate Feedbacks, Conflict, Extreme Weather, Global, Health, Heat Stress, National Security, Protest, Psychology, Region, Temperature, Year4 Comments

Are recent clashes and riots affected by climate change? And if so to what extent? An exhaustive study of a wide range of conflicts over thousands of years has found that rising temperatures are inevitably linked to an increase in violence. Stand by for more violence. As planetary temperatures rise, so does the likelihood of…

Climate-induced migration on the rise

2013, Africa, Climate Refugees, Conflict, Films, Global, Migration, National Security, Policy, Region2 Comments

Climate change is not only throwing ecosystems off balance; it is also threatening the livelihoods of many people, which can result in major migrations. But we are currently lacking both reliable data and effective political strategies to deal with these changes, as a conference organized in July 2013 by the Climate Service Center and the…

Violence + Global Warming – Temp increase of just 2°C can up inter-group conflicts by 50%

2013, Conflict, Extreme Weather, Global, Heat wave, National Security, Region, Study2 Comments

(CBS News) A new study found that climate change may cause people to be more violent. The study draws a link between increased rates of domestic violence, assault and other violent crimes and a warming climate and says that aggression can be associated with higher temperatures. Researchers re-analyzed 60 studies from recent decades that look…

Climate change stokes violent reaction

2013, Climate Refugees, Conflict, Global, Migration, National Security, Policy, Region, YearLeave a comment

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network An exhaustive study of a wide range of conflicts over thousands of years has found that rising temperatures are inevitably linked to an increase in violence. LONDON, 1 August – Stand by for more violence. As planetary temperatures rise, so does the likelihood of murder, rape and domestic…

Climate Change, Migration and Security in South Asia

2013, Asia, Climate Refugees, Conflict, Extreme Weather, Migration, National Security1 Comment

South Asia will be among the regions hardest hit by climate change. Higher temperatures, more extreme weather, rising sea levels, increasing cyclonic activity in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea, as well as floods in the region’s complex river systems will complicate existing development and poverty reduction initiatives. Coupled with high population density…

The state of the climate and national security

2013, National Security, Policy, Science Talk, Year1 Comment

The release of huge quantities of previously stored “multiyear/deep layer” carbon deposite and equivalent greenhouse gases (CO2/CH4/N2O, from soil and water) can act like a trigger to boot the earth systems. This boot begins initially with a transition phase depending on the rate of emissions and in further development creates several large scale carbon excursions…