Military taps UA {University of Arizona} expertise to cope with impact of climate change

[Ptah]

Scientists have long worried about the consequences of climate change. Now the Pentagon is
fretting, too, and turning for help to the University of Arizona.

The UA's Institute of the Environment will get close to $2 million in research grants over the
next few years to help figure out how drought, dust storms, forest fires, lightning and rising
temperatures could affect defense bases across the American Southwest.

Tucson's Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista will be part of pilot
projects to predict how global warming will affect military training, flying and living conditions for the troops.

"This is all relatively new," UA research scientist Raphael Sagarin said of the Pentagon push
to start looking closely at the issue.


http://azstarnet.com/news/local/wildfire/military-taps-ua-expertise-to-cope-with-impact-of-climate/article_22e62435-a227-568d-9db9-3ba40f9ce8f5.html?mode=story

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[Uncle Joe]

1. This is long overdue but they need to broaden the study to include the civilian sector because

civilian/societal chaos will most certainly affect military operations as well.

Thanks for the thread, Ptah.