Climate robustly linked to African civil war

Comment

Marshall B Burke et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010.

. 2010 Dec 21;107(51):E185; author reply E186-7.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1014879107. Epub 2010 Nov 30.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Warming increases the risk of civil war in Africa.
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