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Aerial view of Earth with part of a satellite visible
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Earth’s Orbit Is About to Get More Crowded

by Sarah Scoles 10 January 202310 January 2023

The military is launching a fleet of small, interconnected satellites to collect data, track missiles, and aim weapons.

Men in military uniforms unload sandbags from the back of a truck.
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Heating Up the Hot Spots

Damond Benningfield, Science Writer by Damond Benningfield 14 July 202114 October 2021

Climate change is affecting American military operations and infrastructure—and could have security implications across the globe.

Trucks assemble outside an icy entrance to Camp Century in Greenland.
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Podcast: Toxic City Under the Ice

by Lauren Lipuma 18 March 201924 January 2023

In the latest episode of its Centennial series, AGU’s Third Pod from the Sun recounts the history of a top-secret military project with unintended environmental consequences.

A ski-equipped plane takes off from a remote science research site on Greenland’s ice sheet.
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NSF and Air Force Plan to Better Coordinate Research Projects

by Randy Showstack 9 May 20186 February 2023

A newly released letter of intent sets up a new partnership that could benefit both agencies. Initial focus areas for consideration include space operations and geosciences.

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Navy Ship Mysteriously Lost in 1921 Found via Science, Sleuthing

by Randy Showstack 25 March 201614 January 2022

Scientists painstakingly compared a shipwreck spotted in 2009 to a 1904 schematic of a long-lost tugboat. A naval gun on the wreck proved to be the "smoking gun" identifying the vanished ship.

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Obama Links Climate Change to National and Global Security

by Randy Showstack 21 May 20152 February 2022

Obama tells new Coast Guard officers that climate change poses a serious security threat to coastal areas and a challenge to the U.S. military.

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Rapid Coordination Extends Space-Based Sun-Climate Record

by T. Woods, R. Cahalan, W. Denig, G. Kopp, P. Pilewskie, T. Sparn and Faith Ishii 25 November 201418 January 2023

Faced with the prospect of a large data gap in solar irradiance records, scientists take steps to ensure that this key climate variable stays monitored.

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