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Report Links Climate Change With Mortality, Conflict, And Sexual Assault

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Wolfgang Staudt

A new report looks at how climate change impacts our well being. It examines how the changing climate is linked to everything from mortality rates to instances of sexual assault. 

For example, the research shows that “interpersonal violence increases with temperatures and sometimes low rainfall.” 

Solomon Hsiang, one of the authors of the paper, joins us to discuss how research.

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