Worldwide Emerging Environmental Issues Affecting the U.S. Military. March 2009

• Other Authors: FEDERATION OF UN ASSOCIATIONS WASHINGTON DC MILLENNIUM PROJECT
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Meteorology; Geography; Hydrology; Limnology and Potamology; Environmental Health and Safety; *ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; *CLIMATE; *ARCTIC REGIONS; *GLACIERS; *ANTARCTIC REGIONS; *ECOSYSTEMS; *OCEAN ENVIRONMENTS; PURIFICATION; MOUNTAINS; HEATING; ORGANIC MATERIALS; MELTING; FRANCE; SAFETY; ITALY; POLLUTANTS; CLEANING; SHORTAGES; SWITZERLAND; NANOTECHNOLOGY; WATER TREATMENT; BOUNDARIES; AIR POLLUTION; GLOBAL; RADIATION; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES); SOURCES; Antarctic; Arctic; Matterhorn; Antarc*; Climate change
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA526848; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA526848

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