Rise in violence 'linked to climate change'

BBC News - Rise in violence 'linked to climate change':
"Marshall Burke, from the University of California, Berkeley, said: "This is a relationship we observe across time and across all major continents around the world.
The relationship we find between these climate variables and conflict outcomes are often very large."
The researchers looked at 60 studies from around the world, with data spanning hundreds of years.
They report a "substantial" correlation between climate and conflict.
Their examples include an increase in domestic violence in India during recent droughts, and a spike in assaults, rapes and murders during heatwaves in the US.
The report also suggests rising temperatures correlated with larger conflicts, including ethnic clashes in Europe and civil wars in Africa."