and socioeconomic differences such as income, religious beliefs or political preferences.
This points to limits of temperature adaptation capability:"Even in high-income areas where people can afford air condition[ing] and other heat mitigation options, we observe an increase in hate speech on extremely hot days. In other words: There is a limit to what people can take. Thus, there are likely limits of adaptation to
and these are lower than those set by our mere physiological limits," says Anders Levermann, head of Complexity Science at the Potsdam Institute, researcher at the Columbia University in the U.S., and co-author of the study.The consequences of more aggressive online behavior can be severe, as hate speech has been found to have negative impacts on the mental health of online hate's victims. It can also be predictive of hate crimes in the offline world.
"Now, with ongoing climate change, it is more important than ever. Our results highlight online hate speech as a new impact channel through which climate change can affect overall societal cohesion and people's mental health. So that means that curbing emissions very rapidly and drastically will not only benefit the outer world.
physorg_com TheLancet Is it the people are cranky when they're hot? That people want to blame someone for their discomfort?
TheLancet So we gonna blame it on the 'heat' now?