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Climate Change Is Costing People 56 Hours of Sleep a Year
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NPR's Alejandra Barunda opens with a fairytale frame — Goldilocks and the just-right porridge — to land a striking public health finding: when it comes to sleep, the just-right temperature is in the 50s Fahrenheit, and it's getting harder to find [1] — Alejandra Barunda "The optimal sleeping temperature is in the 50s Fahrenheit — and climate change is making that harder to find. A new Climate Central analysi…" 03:25 . A new analysis from Climate Central found that hot nights are already eroding the average person's rest at a rate of about 56 hours per year — more than two full days of sleep annually. Crucially, this holds even for people acclimatized to hot weather, suggesting there's no getting used to it. Lead scientist Christina Dahl delivered the most pointed finding: more than 10% of that sleep loss on hot nights can be attributed directly to climate change, caused primarily by burning coal, oil, and gas. Barunda closes with the punchline — the best sleep aid on the market is burning fewer fossil fuels.
The optimal sleeping temperature is in the 50s Fahrenheit — and climate change is making that harder to find. A new Climate Central analysis finds hot nights already cost the average person 56 hours of sleep per year, and lead scientist Christina Dahl says more than 10% of that loss is directly tied to burning fossil fuels.
On average, hot nights cost people about 56 hours of sleep per year, according to a new analysis from the research group Climate Central.
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More than 10% of sleep loss on hot nights is attributable to climate change, primarily caused by burning fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas.
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