An interesting article today on 4th November 2015. In the US, three economists from Tulane University, the University of California and the University of Central Florida, recently looked at 80 years of fertility and temperature data and found that the number of births dropped significantly when the temperature was above 80 degrees Fahrenheit. The report says that it might be because hot weather diminishes our sex drive.
The researchers say, " Temperature extremes could affect coital frequency, it could affect hormonal levels and sex drives. Alternatively, high temperatures may adversely affect reproduction or semen quality on the male side or ovulation on the female side." They suggested that air conditioning could be used to substantially offset the fertility effects of the climate change. Going back, in 1994, Fredric Janzen researched on reptiles and theorised that an increase in…
