Navy Official Discusses Climate Change Implications

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ORONO - The potential national security implications of climate change, as well as some opportunities, were outlined Monday in an address by a U.S. Navy official who is in Orono as part of a presentation and round-table discussion held by the University of Maine School of Policy and International Affairs.

As sea ice begins to thin out in the Arctic region, it presents the potential for rising sea levels, altered shipping routes and a northward migration of fisheries that could adversely affect the tropics and other regions dependent on fish for their dietary and economic well-being.

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Navy Official Discusses Climate Change Implications

Climate change also threatens coastal infrastructure - including many U.S. military installations - and could bring about changes in water and food resources that c...

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