Tuesday, August 1, 2017

59,000 farmer suicides in India over three decades may be linked to climate change, study says

59,000 farmer suicides in India over three decades may be linked to climate change, study says

Every year, thousands of Indian farmers commit suicide. Now one researcher thinks it may have something to do with climate change. Tamma Carleton, a researcher at the University of California at Berkeley, compared almost five decades worth of suicide and climate data and concluded that temperature variations in India may have “a strong influence” on suicide rates […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/08/01/59000-farmer-suicides-in-india-over-three-decades-may-be-linked-to-climate-change-study-says/

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