GOP lawmakers suggest DOD cut climate change initiatives from budgetRepublican leaders in Congress are recommending the Pentagon cut $377.35 million worth of climate change initiatives and allocate that money elsewhere.By Jen Judson7 weeks ago
Why the US military has cared about climate change since the Cold WarIn this commentary, the author examines how the U.S. military sees climate change as a threat in itself and a threat multiplier for national security.By Paul Bierman, University of Vermont, The Conversation7 weeks ago
US Coast Guard Academy censors ‘climate change’ from its curriculumThe terminology will be stricken in classes for future officers in a service that confronts global warming every day, a move some say will weaken it.By Marianne Lavelle, Inside Climate News2 months ago
NORAD Santa tracker started in the Cold War. Now it’s a holiday stapleNORAD typically scans the heavens for potential threats. But on Christmas Eve, volunteers are fielding questions like, “When is Santa coming?"5 months ago
Military hypothermia and frostbite decline as cold-weather ops ramp upEven as more troops participate in cold-weather training, injuries associated with the cold are on the way down.By Hope Hodge Seck17 months ago
Inside the US Army’s failed nuclear ice lair in Cold War GreenlandWhile the U.S. didn’t get to act out its Bond villain lair fantasies, it did further scientific understandings of the world around us.By Claire Barrett17 months ago