Is climate violence just a load of hot air?

摘要

The phrase "dangerous climate change" got scarier last week, with a new analysis suggesting that global warming will bring a rising tide of human violence. But don't run for the hills just yet. While the study suggests past surges in temperature have boosted conflicts, it doesn't necessarily follow that steady warming due to climate change over the coming decades will have the same effect. "Unlike glaciers, humans have remarkable adaptive capacity," says Cullen Hendrix, a conflict specialist at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.