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February 24, 2014 – While the American Congress dithers, militaries across the globe are gearing up for the threats presented by climate change.   In England, where this month a 250-year flood washed away train lines, knocked out power lines, and made 5,800 homes unlivable, the armed forces see their role as one of offering relief at home.   Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti, formerly of the Royal Navy, says that military planners are examining how the various branches can be put to their best use elsewhere in the event of future floods, droughts and other natural disasters.   The UK’s long supply chains, which are used to import 40% of its food and over 50% of its fuel, rely on shipping “choke points” which must not be closed off. At NATO Headquarters, Hartmund Behrend, a climate risks expert in Germany’s army, says that “ … health risks, climate change, water security and increasing energy needs will further shape the future security environment in areas of conc...

August 2, 2013 – Much is being made of a literature review published on Tuesday, in which scientists conclude that violent behavior will increase as the temperature does.    (Sixty articles are included in the review.)   Group behavior will show a 56 percent increase in violence, individual behavior will show a 16 percent increase.   There is little of a surprising nature about the study, in my opinion.   My beef centers more on the way the study is being reported. Time and again we’re being told that “people,” “human beings,” “humanity,” or “humankind” will behave this way.   Speaking on behalf of the 50% of humankind which rarely resorts to violence, I’d like to voice my serious exception to this manner of reporting!   What a pile of crap.   More and more women are being victimized by men who barely qualify to be called human, yet we are lumped in with these same perpetrators.   If men are expected to take responsibility for their in...