Could millions of additional violent crimes in the coming decades be due to climate change?

via University of Colorado Boulder

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  • CU Boulder-led study predicts millions of additional violent crimes in coming decades
  • People in the United States could see tens of thousands of extra violent crimes every year—because of climate change alone.
  • “Depending on how quickly temperatures rise, we could see two to three million more violent crimes between now and the end of the century than there would be in a non-warming world,” said Ryan Harp, CIRES researcher and lead author of a new study
  • Warmer winters appeared to be setting the stage for more violent crimes like assault and robbery, likely because less nasty weather created more opportunities for interactions between people
  • “We are just beginning to scratch the surface on the myriad ways climate change is impacting people, especially through social systems and health,” Karnauskas said. “We could see a future where results like this impact planning and resource allocation among health, law enforcement and criminal justice communities.”

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