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Online > Web Feature Article > Industry > Mid Atlantic

Title of entry: 
Rising Seas Imperil US Sites, Military Bases Worth $387 Billion

Issue or Publication date:
Sept. 21, 2023

Publication name: 
Bloomberg Government

Publishing/parent company: 
Bloomberg Industry Group

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Rising tides and powerful storms turbocharged by climate change are poised to hobble federal facilities worth at least $387 billion in coming decades, disrupting everything from veterans’ medical care to military operations and space exploration, this Bloomberg Government analysis found. The news was exclusive and meaningful: No one to date had analyzed or reported in such stark terms the financial and operational implications of the US government not addressing the inevitably rising coastal waters. The drop-down menu identifying hundreds of sites, with staff size estimates and property replacement costs, is both muscular and engaging, a transparent tool that showed the reporting behind the piece's conclusions and let readers dig on their own.

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