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Hotter days bring out hotter tempers, research finds
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Hotter days bring out hotter tempers, research finds

Studies add to the literature showing how people act out aggressively when it’s hot.
anger aggression climate impacts

Hotter days lead to more harassment and hate speech

As temperatures rise, so does human anger and aggression. That’s the takeaway from two new studies published in the past week — the latest in a growing collection of literature linking extreme heat to changes in human temperament and behavior.

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