Worldwide Emerging Environmental Issues Affecting the U.S. Military, July-August 2008 Report

• Other Authors: FEDERATION OF UN ASSOCIATIONS WASHINGTON DC MILLENNIUM PROJECT
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Military Forces and Organizations; Environmental Health and Safety; *MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES); *ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; WATER; BACTERIA; CANADA; EFFICIENCY; JAPAN; HYDROGEN; COATINGS; SOILS; MELTING; SAFETY; RUSSIA; MIGRATION; MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS; ARMS CONTROL; UNITED NATIONS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS; FOOD; ENERGY CONSERVATION; INTERNET; SEA LEVEL; EMISSION CONTROL; DEPLETED URANIUM; RICIN; CHINA; TRANSISTORS; SEA ICE; HEAVY METALS; WATER TABLE; GLACIERS; CAPACITORS; SEWAGE; WARHEADS; CRIMES; ELECTROLYSIS; EXHAUST GASES; REFUGEES; ARCTIC OCEAN; EAST AFRICA; JOURNALISM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON NANOTUBES; ENERGY DENSITY; EUROPEAN UNION; ONCOGENESIS; NATIONAL SECURITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIESEL ENGINES; G8 SUMMIT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL REFUGEES; SOCIAL NETWORKING; NECJOGHA(NETWORK OF CLIMATE JOURNALISTS IN THE GREATER HORN OF AFRICA); SET(SINGLE ELECTRON TRANSISTORS); CONTAMINATED SOILS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS; ETS(EMISSIONS TRADING SYSTEM); TERRITORIAL CLAIMS; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; Chapel Hill; Climate change; glacier*; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA539034; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA539034

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