Climate change isn’t a political issue in many countries, but it is in the United States. If that trend continues much longer, American service members may find themselves at “the intersection of politics and events” as they confront the consequences of climate change head on in the form of increased instability and humanitarian disasters, says Edward J. Erickson in a special issue of the U.S. Marine Corps Press Journal.

Coverage of the journal was our most read story last month on the eve of the U.S. presidential election (see also Wilson experts weighing in on what the world expects of President-elect Trump). Other new stories making the top 10 last month were a look at how conflict affects maternal health, an outlook on the Middle East’s environmental crisis from a local reporter, five focal points for U.S. global water strategy, and a Q&A with an environmental sociologist working on how climate change may affect education in heavily agricultural economies.

1. Climate Change, the U.S. Military, and “the Intersection of Politics and Events,” Schuyler Null

2. The Rising Tide of Water Insecurity: Moving from Risks to Responses, Sreya Panuganti

3. No Mother Left Behind: How Conflict Exacerbates the Global Maternal Health Challenge, Nancy Chong

4. Changing the Narrative on Fertility Decline in Africa, Eunice Mueni

5. Necessity Is the Mother of Invention: Islands as the Vanguard of Climate Adaptation, Lynae Bresser

6. “You Are Asking About Pollution?”: One Journalist’s Perspective on the Mid East’s Environmental Crisis, Peter Schwartzstein

7. 5 Focal Points for U.S. Global Water Strategy (And Submit Your Own Too), Ken Conca

8. Strategic Ambiguity: How Loss and Damage Became a Part of Global Climate Policy, Lisa Vanhala

9. Could Climate Change Keep Kids Out of School? Q&A With Environmental Sociologist Heather Randell, Lisa Palmer

10. Striving for Sustainability at 10 Billion: The 2016 World Population Data Sheet, Jeff Jordan and Peter Goldstein