A new study reveals that global warming now poses another threat to the long standing list of threats. Now it is a collapsing birth rate. We all know the existing threats, rising sea levels, floods and droughts. Research suggests that, as temperatures increase, people may feel less inclined to have sex.
The research reveals that nine months after a particularly hot day the birth rate tails off significantly, coming in 0.7 per cent lower than it would following a cooler day. This indicates that rising temperatures reduces fertility, and also decreases appetite for intercourse.
High temperatures may adversely affect reproductive health or semen quality on the male side, or ovulation on the female side, which leads to a sizable fall in births. The decline in birth rates is a very serious issue in countries, like the United States of America and the UK, which have very low birth rates.
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