Civil conflicts are associated with the global climate

Nature

Volumn 476, Issue 7361, 2011, Pages 438-441

  Hsiang, Solomon M ^a,c   Meng, Kyle C ^a   Cane, Mark A ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVILIZATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LA NINA; PROBABILITY; VIOLENCE;

ARTICLE; CIVILIZATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFLICT; EL NINO; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HUMAN; MODERN TIMES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIOLENCE; WAR;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; URBANIZATION; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 80052049250     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10311     Document Type: Article

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