Global Warning: The reactions
On Jan. 10, in collaboration with The Washington Post and McClatchy Newspapers, we published the results of a three-month investigation. The project received national attention, mentioned in media outlets and influential blogs in the national security scene.
- Some within the U.S. government are bracing for climate change as one of the next major threats to national security. Is the U.S. ready for the coming risks?
That's the question ten post-graduate student reporters set out to investigate. On Jan. 10, in collaboration with The Washington Post and McClatchy Newspapers, we published the results of a three-month project. - The Washington Post published a story from the project, in which reporter Jacquelyn Ryan shows that the U.S. lacks important capacity to act in a warming Arctic.
As Arctic melts, U.S. ill-positioned to tap resourcesKODIAK, ALASKA - Flying over the Arctic Circle, the Coast Guard C130 rumbled as it alternated between 500 and 2,500 feet, its high-tech equipment quietly observing the thickness and stretch of ice along Alaska's northern border.
@globalwarn writes of capability gap, missing data & tight budgets that'll affect US intel-topics of a new CNAS project bit.ly/i7UieD
@globalwarn, covering #climate change as a nat'l security issue, is up. Cool site, check it out: global-warning.org/- Getting some buzz on Twitter: Jessica Chen reports that diseases are "one of the most worrisome national security threats of climate change," while "significant gaps remain in the health surveillance and response network."
One of most worrisome national security threats of climate change is spread of disease among both people and animals t.co/KQ7ZwkY- Read the story on Global-Warning.org, on the McClatchy D.C. website, or on one of McClatchy's papers, such as the Kansas City Star.
Climate change reveals disease as national security threat - KansasCity.comOne of the most worrisome national security threats of climate change is the spread of disease, among both people and animals, U.S. intelligence and health officials say.- Users can get involved in five interactive elements and lots of multimedia on the Global Warning website.
More @globalwarn - I'm playing their wargame scenarios - good example of how to use the web to support your reporting
Take the quiz to find out how you would solve a global climate change crisis: tinyurl.com/2eykwll via @globalwarn- Andrew Revkin even retweeted our message to him
- Two of our stories are among the most emailed from McClatchy DC today: Jessica Chen explores the spreading disease threat, and Charles Mead and Annie Snider tell you why the CIA is spying on climate change.
- Among the most emailed stories of the day at @McClatchyDC: Ours on diseases & why the CIA is spying on the climate twitpic.com/3ovb8a
- Bryan Walsh points to Global Warning in a post on Time.com's Ecocentric blog. He says that climate change -- and especially climate security -- stories have been neglected by the media.
"But we'll need an engaged media—and public—watching how that response plays out over the years and decades to come. In a world of shrinking media resources and shorter attention spans, that won't be easy—but Medill's Global Warning project shows how it can be done." 
Climate: Global Warning from the Medill School of Journalism Takes on Climate Change and National Security - Ecocentric - TIME.comCoincidences abound—just after posting an item on Representative Gabrielle Giffords's focus on climate change and renewable energy as a national security issues, I run across a new multimedia project from Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism that explores: climate change and national securit...- Want to hear from our reporters? Check out this piece on the Medill site, with thoughts from Malathi Nayak, who travelled to Bangladesh to examine how U.S. and foreign military prepare for climate threats, and Annie Snider, the first reporter to interview the head of the CIA Climate Change Center.
Medill - News Releases: Medill Students Investigate Climate Changes That Threaten National SecurityCurriculum information in undergraduate journalism, graduate journalism and integrated marketing communications. With real-world reporting, Medill alumni information, student work, Medill news and Northwestern University @MedillSchool.- The Society of Enviornmental Journalists published a link to one of our stories on their website.
"Why the CIA Is Spying on a Changing Climate" | SEJ"WASHINGTON — Last summer, as torrential rains flooded Pakistan, a veteran intelligence analyst watched closely from his desk at CIA headquarters just outside the capital. For the analyst, who heads the CIA's year-old Center on Climate Change and National Security, the worst natural disaster in Pakistan's history was a warning.
