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Worldwide, shifts in climate are strongly linked to human violence, researchers concluded after examining quantitative studies from the past 25 on climate and various forms of violence.

A global temperature rise of 2-degrees Celsius could increase the rate of intergroup conflicts, such as civil wars, by more than 50 percent in many parts of the world, the study's statistical analysis found.

studies that find that heat waves lead to more violent crime in U.S. cities, for example, indicate that humans are poorly equipped to deal with exposure to hotter temperatures