Linking Climate Change, National Security

NPR | By Ari Shapiro,

Published June 26, 2008 at 6:00 AM EDT

Intelligence agencies are debating the effects of climate change on national security. A classified assessment delivered to Congress concludes that rising global temperatures would indirectly present a security threat to the United States. This is the first time U.S. intelligence officials have weighed in on the issue.

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