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Temperature and violence

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Academic disputes are often contentious, but 'conflict studies' are especially so1. Raleigh et al. criticize2 our recent papers3,4,5 for “anchoring a modern form of environmental determinism”, claiming that our focus on environmental conditions “removes violence from its local, social and political contexts” and that our results imply that “poor people act violently for natural reasons”. Both claims are based on misunderstandings of our work and the methods we employ.

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  1. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, 10964, New York, USA

    Mark A. Cane

  2. Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 530 Evans Hall 3880, Berkeley, 94720, California, USA

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  3. National Bureau of Economic Research, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, 02138, Massachusetts, USA

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  4. Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California Berkeley, 207 Giannini Hall, Berkeley, 94720, California, USA

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  5. Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California Berkeley, 2607 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, 94720, California, USA

    Solomon M. Hsiang

  6. Department of Environmental Earth System Science and Center on Food Security and the Environment, Stanford University, 473 Via Ortega, MC 4205, Stanford, 94305, California, USA

    David B. Lobell

  7. Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, 444 Robertson Hall, Princeton, 08544, New Jersey, USA

    Kyle C. Meng

  8. Department of Politics, New York University, 19 W. 4th Street, New York, 10012, New York, USA

    Shanker Satyanath

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Cane, M., Miguel, E., Burke, M. et al. Temperature and violence. Nature Clim Change 4, 234–235 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2171

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