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Global Warming Could Lead To More ViolenceAnd Wars

By PJ Rivera | First Posted: Aug 14, 2013 12:45 PM EDT

Tags global warming , global warming effects , human behavior

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Scientists stated before that global warming could lead to environmental disaster andcatastrophe, but could it also affect human behavior?

In a new study that was published in this month's edition of the journal "Science", a team ofexperts said that they have found evidence linking climatic events to the rise in the number ofhuman conflicts in the major regions of the world.

According to the study led by Solomon Hsiang of theUniversity Of California Berkeley, 60 previous studies

on the subject gave them evidences that global warming could affect behavior of people, whichcould mean more wars and violence in the future.

"A rapidly growing body of research examines whether human conflict can be affected byclimatic changes. Drawing from archaeology, criminology, economics, geography, history,political science, and psychology, we assemble and analyze the 60 most rigorous quantitativestudies and document, for the first time, a remarkable convergence of results. We find strongcausal evidence linking climatic events to human conflict across a range of spatial and temporalscales and across all major regions of the world," wrote Hsiang, along with coauthors MarshallBurke and Edward Miguel.

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Researchers analyzed 60 previous studies, includingstudies involving the fall of empires throughout history,along with recent wars and crime rates in the UnitedStates. They also considered the relation of theweather in police officers' decision to shoot a criminalas well as decisions of baseball pitchers to throw theball directly at a batter on purpose.

After careful and thorough analysis, analysts allegedlyfound out that extreme weather leads to aggressiveand violent behavior, which also means that the hotterit gets, the "hotter under the collar human beings werelikely to behave."

The results served as a warning to all people, butscientists also pointed out that while they are quitesure with their conclusion, there are still severalfactors affecting human behavior besides the increasein temperature.

Hsiang pointed out that technological development,life expectancy, and global connectivity should also be

considered. This statement led to criticism on the research.

Edward Carr, a tenured associate professor in the Department of Geography at the University ofSouth Carolina, said that the results of the research are not earthshattering at all.

"The Hsiang, et al paper bears little resemblance to the media stories written about it. It makesvery measured, fairly contained claims about climate change and conflict that, if representedaccurately in the media, probably would not have made for interesting stories," Carr wrote on hisofficial website.

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