Climate Change: 50 Percent of US Military Bases Report Climate Extremes, New Pentagon Study Says

Jan 29, 2018 | Travis J. Tritten, Washington Examiner
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About half of U.S. military facilities around the world have experienced climate extremes and threatening weather, according to a new Pentagon survey obtained and published Monday by a climate security think tank. The survey, which was the first of its kind and was shared with Congress, said about half of the 3,500 sites it contacted reported effects from six key categories of extreme weather, such as storm surge, wildfires and droughts. The study was requested by Congress in 2015 and completed this month.