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Wait, did I read that right? Are you actually suggesting that climate change is the cause of rising crime rates? If so, please explain, because I would honestly
by af3d 2y ago
Wait, did I read that right? Are you actually suggesting that climate change is the cause of rising crime rates? If so, please explain, because I would honestly like to know how you reached that conclusion.
- warkdarrior 2y agoThere you go: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab6b37 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab6b37 "The temperature-aggression hypothesis posits that individuals experiencing physiological heat stress are more likely to read personal interactions as aggressive than individuals not experiencing heat stress with subtle shifts toward more violent responses, accordingly."
- jbm 2y agoYes you did, this is not a novel idea and I was referring to the near future, not the present (although some inflation is indoubedly caused by climate change) Over the medium term, climate change will result in more failed crops, which will then result in increased food insecurity which will lead to increased crime.