Peter Brecke offers Counterpoint in \'New Scientist\' article

Atlanta, GA | Posted: January 6, 2010

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African Conflicts Spurred by Warming

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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."

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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."

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Sam Nunn School of International Affairs

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Africa, conflicts, Peter Brecke, warming
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