More unsettled science: Would global warming result in more or less witch executions?

Extended Forecast: Bloodshed - New York Times

Here’s a forecast for a particularly bizarre consequence of climate change: more executions of witches.

The Connection Between Weather and Witch Hunts

University of Chicago economist Emily Oster studied European witchcraft trial records, and found that over the course of two centuries, years with harsher, colder weather saw an increase in the number of women charged with witchcraft.