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Atlanta, GA | Posted: January 6, 2010
Summary Sentence:
African Conflicts Spurred by Warming
Full Summary:
International Affairs' Peter Brecke provided counterpoint to the assertion that Africa is poised to experience a huge surge in civil wars as a direct result of rising temperatures. "I'm just not convinced," says Peter Brecke ...who has previously found a global link between increased conflict and the Little Ice Age, which lasted from around 1400 to the late 1800s."
Peter BreckeInternational Affairs' Peter Brecke provided counterpoint to the assertion that Africa is poised to experience a huge surge in civil wars as a direct result of rising temperatures. "I'm just not convinced," says Peter Brecke ...who has previously found a global link between increased conflict and the Little Ice Age, which lasted from around 1400 to the late 1800s."
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