Novel Threats and Military Readiness

by: Natasha Chart

Thu May 28, 2009 at 18:30

As for climate change security, even if global temperatures rise, it will be generations before any dramatic change occurs. Even the U.S. military can adapt readily to that pace.

... Doomsday scenarios merit no consideration. But real developments demand a response. For example, we know the Artic is becoming navigable year round.

How's this for dramatic ... This year marks the first time the Arctic ice cap has been an island for 125,000 years, and within 4-20 years, the Arctic will be ice free all summer.

A spread of 16 years isn't very precise, but that's not the difference of even a whole person old enough to drink, let alone a multi-generational rate of change.