On average, people are already losing 44 hours of sleep a year due to warmer temperatures, affecting their mental and physical health
A global study has found that climate change is depriving people around the world of sleep, and the problem is likely to get worse even if significant cuts to global carbon emissions are achieved., the study by the University of Copenhagen used sleep-tracking wristbands to record the sleeping patterns of 48,000 people in 68 countries from 2015 to 2017.
Previous research has shown there is a close relationship between sleep and mental as well as physical health. Short sleep can affect productivity, a person’s immune system, raise the risk of hypertension, as well as of depression, anger and suicidal behaviour. It also affects memory and plays a role in the onset and progression of neurodegenerative diseases.
The research did find, however, that people generally failed to adapt. For instance, they did not tend to take naps to make up for the lack of sleep, and were more likely to sleep on a warm night at the end of the summer than at the beginning of it. “Our bodies are highly adapted to maintain a stable core body temperature, something that our lives depend on,” says Kelton Minor of the University of Copenhagen, one of the authors of the report.
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