Climate change is not only threatening our way of life, but also risking the creation of life itself. Studies suggest that it is putting people off having children and could prevent those who do want them from doing so. Heatwaves have been linked to reduced sexual activity and decreased sperm quality, potentially leading to infertility. This trend will only accelerate as climate change worsens.
is not only threatening our way of life – for some of us it is risking the creation of life itself – from our sex lives and fertility, to the birth of our children.
It concluded that “high ambient temperature negatively affects sperm quality, including decreased semen volume, sperm count, sperm concentration, motility and normal morphology .” “And so if the male in the equation is exposed to extreme heat, then that will just mean fewer chances where they might conceive because of the somewhat lasting harm to sperm production.
And, perhaps more concerning still, births on those days occurred up to two weeks earlier — and 6.1 days earlier on average — than they would have otherwise. Early delivery could cause long-term harm to the affected infants. Previous research has shown that early deliveries are linked to cognitive differences later in childhood, though it’s unclear whether this applies to heat-related early deliveries specifically.
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