If you didn’t know, sleep is heavily reliant on temperature. Even a single degree can completely change the kind of night you have. And on a global scale, increasing temperatures are effecting the way people sleep, according to a recent study. By bringing together survey data from more than 750,000 respondents between 2002 and 2011, combined with nighttime temperature data, researchers were able to discern that there was in fact a correlation between the increased number of sleepless nights around the world and the warming temperatures in the last few decades.
The data was actually quite surprising to researchers, as air conditioning has become a staple of most homes. Still, the data was undeniably clear when it came the increasing temperatures in the US effecting sleep. And, as researchers pointed out, this data could be even more substantial in other countries. Sleep is the key to success, plain and simple. And if climate change is going to stop us from getting a good night’s rest on a regular basis, that’s just one more thing to add to the con list. Particularly because my air conditioner makes a really annoying noise and I can’t run it all night. Read more about climate change on Tech.Co