Climate Change: Dangers without Borders: Military Readiness in a Warming World

Nov 21, 2018 | Neela Banerjee, Inside Climate News
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In a little over a decade, climate change could make the installation and other military sites on Kwajalein uninhabitable. A 2018 study commissioned by the Pentagon found that even before anticipated sea level rise swallows Kwajalein, ocean waves could wash over the low-lying islands often enough by 2030 to harm underground drinking water sources and the multibillion-dollar military infrastructure.