Rising temperatures change the way we behaveDespite Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump’s, insistence that he doesn’t believe in climate change, the evidence, as columnist Nicholas Kristol pointed out in New York Times editorial, is overwhelming. A study being conducted by a Harvard PhD student compared the performances of New York students with the day’s temperatures. The New York City students did poorly on hot days, although most of the schools are airconditioned. And, most frightening of all, rising temperatures increase violence. On hot days, murders increase with the temperature.

Source: Manila Bulletin October 08, 2016 16:07 UTC