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Climate variability and conflict risk in East Africa
Description: A new study shows the risk of human conflict in East Africa increases somewhat with hotter temperatures and drops a bit with higher precipitation. It concludes that socioeconomic, political and geographic factors play a much more substantial role than climate change. The study, which included changes in precipitation and temperature over continuous six-month periods from 1949 to 2009, also showed there was no climate effect on East African conflicts during normal and drier precipitation periods or during periods of average and cooler temperatures. [Source: University of Colorado Boulder]
URL: http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2012/10/22/climate-variability-and-conflict-risk-east-africa-measured-boulder-team-0
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Source: University of Colorado Boulder
Publish Date: 10/22/2012
Reading Level: Basic
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