ONE of Donald Trump’s 100 wackiest ideas is that climate change is a hoax fabricated by China to harm America. That obstinacy confronts a new wave of research showing that climate change is much more harmful than we had imagined. In India, a rise of 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit in average daily temperatures leads to a 10 percent increase in the annual mortality rate. Researchers have found hot days linked to more angry honking in Arizona, and more road rage and car accidents in Spain. “High temperatures,” that study finds, are “lowering inhibitions against retaliation.”On hot days, property crimes aren’t more common, but murders go up with the temperature.

Source: New York Times September 10, 2016 18:22 UTC