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Rise in violence 'linked to climate'
2013-08-02 01:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Shifts in climate are strongly linked to increases in violence around the world, a study suggests. US scientists found that even small changes in temperature or rainfall correlated with a rise in assaults, rapes and murders, as well as group conflicts and war. The team says with the current projected levels of climate change, the world is likely to become a more violent place. The study is published in Science. Marshall Burke, from the University of California, Berkeley, said: "This is...
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