Global warming could, literally, be murder

27 July 2016 - 10:16
By Bloomberg

The question is no longer just whether climate change will kill us, but also whether climate change will make us kill one another. Almost 25% of armed conflicts in ethnically divided countries occur around the same time as climate-related disasters. This is the main conclusion of a new study that adds crucial data to a debate that's been simmering for several years: Is there evidence that ties war and civil unrest to the changing climate?Another finding directly applies to this and humanity's k...

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