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Why Is the CIA Keeping Climate Change Secret?: Scientific American Podcast

Why Is the CIA Keeping Climate Change Secret?: Scientific American Podcast | Science News | Scoop.it

Back in 2009, the CIA established a Center on Climate Change and National Security dedicated to researching the implications of rising sea levels, declining agricultural yields and other climate change impacts.

A National Security Archive historian asked the CIA for a copy of any impact studies or reports the center has done in March 2010. But the CIA responded (pdf) this September that such material is quote "currently and properly classified and must be denied in its entirety."

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The CIA Has a Climate Change Program—and It Shouldn’t Be Secret - Ecocentric

The CIA Has a Climate Change Program—and It Shouldn’t Be Secret   - Ecocentric | Science News | Scoop.it
Intelligence work and climate science have a lot in common. They both involve grappling with uncertainty, trying to make sense of a signal amid the noise of ambient data and preparing to fight threats to country.
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