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US Military Could Collapse Within 20 Years Due to Climate Change

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday October 27 2019, @11:07PM   Printer-friendly
from the or-not dept.

coolgopher writes:

A story notes that

[...] according to a new U.S. Army report, Americans could face a horrifically grim future from climate change involving blackouts, disease, thirst, starvation and war. The study found that the US military itself might also collapse. This could all happen over the next two decades, the report notes.

[...] The report paints a frightening portrait of a country falling apart over the next 20 years due to the impacts of climate change on "natural systems such as oceans, lakes, rivers, ground water, reefs, and forests.

Current infrastructure in the US, the report says, is woefully underprepared: "Most of the critical infrastructures identified by the Department of Homeland Security are not built to withstand these altered conditions."

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  • (Score: 2) by coolgopher on Monday October 28 2019, @04:01AM (5 children)

    by coolgopher (1157) on Monday October 28 2019, @04:01AM (#912639)

    I think your billion of refugees is woefully underestimated.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 28 2019, @12:54PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 28 2019, @12:54PM (#912764)

    He should be within a factor of 10 though.

    • (Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Monday October 28 2019, @03:26PM (3 children)

      by hendrikboom (1125) Subscriber Badge on Monday October 28 2019, @03:26PM (#912833) Homepage Journal

      He?

      • (Score: 0, Troll) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday October 28 2019, @11:18PM (2 children)

        by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday October 28 2019, @11:18PM (#913022) Journal

        We can't expect a newbie AC to know, plus I kind of do talk "like a guy." Lots of active voice, not too many cutesy mannerisms, etc.

        --
        I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...

        • (Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Tuesday October 29 2019, @02:14AM

          by hendrikboom (1125) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday October 29 2019, @02:14AM (#913085) Homepage Journal

          Lots of active voice, not too many cutesy mannerisms, etc.

          That sounds like my kind of woman.
          Much like my wife.

          -- hendrik

        • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Tuesday October 29 2019, @08:11AM

          by FatPhil (863) <reversethis-{if.fdsa} {ta} {tnelyos-cp}> on Tuesday October 29 2019, @08:11AM (#913182) Homepage
          There is a clue in your .sig though. Having said that, not everything said in the first person in people's .sigs should be taken as verbatim facts.
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