Slate has a piece up explaining why Gore’s Nobel is so well deserved. The author, Stephen Faris, uses science to prove his point: that climate change has a direct relationship with armed conflict. His first example is Darfur. As evidence of global warming’s effects on that conflict, Faris points readers to an article in the Atlanitc by . . . Stephen Faris. He also points to article by UN secretary general Ban Ki Moon that appeared in the Washington Post over the summer: