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Morano's Eyes Wide Shut

Explore how U.S. military climate change strategies address global impacts and prepare for future challenges. Discover the Pentagon's approach.

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Looks like Marc Morano is steering clear of the U.S. military's acceptance of climate change. You won't find any big, bold headlines on Climate Depot about how the Pentagon is planning for a warmer world:

Climate change will affect DoD in two broad ways. First, climate change will shape the operating environment, roles, and missions that we undertake. The U.S. Global Change Research Program, composed of 13 federal agencies, reported in 2009 that climate-related changes are already being observed in every region of the world, including the United States and its coastal waters. Among these physical changes are increases in heavy downpours, rising temperature and sea level, rapidly retreating glaciers, thawing permafrost, lengthening growing seasons, lengthening ice-free seasons in the oceans and on lakes and rivers, earlier snowmelt and alterations in river flows. Assessments conducted by the intelligence community indicate that climate change could have significant geopolitical impacts around the ...

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