Climate solutions can be found anywhere, including in the operating room.

I'm really proud when I hear my kids talking about what I do and how when I take care of kids at the hospital, I'm also helping to take care of the planet.

It's Tuesday, October 1st, and you're listening to Science Friday.

Thank you. It's Tuesday, October 1st, and you're listening to Science Friday. I'm sci-fri-producer Russia or Reedy.

Did you know that some of the gases used in anesthesia are really strong greenhouse gases?

An anesthesiologist in Seattle is helping colleagues slash their carbon footprints in the

operating room. We'll hear from her later as part of our Climate Week conversations. But first,

how demilitarization is part of a just climate future. Here's guest host Anna Rothschild.

Let's take a trip to the northern Mariana Islands, a string of islands in the Pacific just north of Guam.

The islands were sites of major battles during World War II and were captured by the U.S. in 1944.

The U.S. established a military presence across the territory, including building the world's

largest Air Force base at the time, on an island called Tinian. And the U.S. military never left.

In the 80s, the northern Mariana Islands became a U.S. territory.

A few years ago, the Pentagon proposed building a bombing range on one of the islands,

Poggin, but the residents of the island pushed back.

Joining me to discuss the military's environmental impact on the islands and around the world

is Dr. Isa Aariola, a cultural anthropologist at Concordia University in Montreal,

and co-founder of the organization, Our Commonwealth 670.

She's speaking to me from Saipan, capital of the Northern Mariana Islands.

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