Facing a greater degree of sea level rise than almost any other part of the country, Norfolk is on the verge of launching a $1.6 billion counterattack.
many of our military installations are on the coast. around norfolk, high tides and storms increasingly flood parts of our navy base and an air base. in alaska, thawing permafrost is damaging facilities. out west wildfires could threaten training areas our troops depend on. so politicians who say they care about military readiness ought to care about this as well. the ed show recently featured in our climate change series, the naval base in norfolk which the president was talking about. we heard firsthand how climate change is impacting military readiness. naval station norfolk is the largest naval base in the world. sea level impacts the ability of the base to carry out its mission. for example, it can interfere with the peers where the spiers where