Global warming: is there NOTHING it can't do, or be blamed for?

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Former newspaper Washington Post claims that global warming is causing hate speech, and worse.

Washington Post weather reporter Amudalat Ajasa wrote that researchers are worried that hotter temperatures caused by climate change are spurring a rise in "hate speech."

In her Thursday report, titled, "Hotter days bring out hotter tempers, research finds," Ajasa cited two studies [2! Not just one, but 2!] that show that because of climate change, hotter temperatures are inducing people to engage in "hate speech and hostile behavior."

Ajasa wrote, "As temperatures around the world increase, scientists have documented large-scale environmental effects — rising sea levels, drought and famine, intense flooding and the disappearance of species. But increasingly, some researchers worry that higher temperatures might also contribute to people behaving badly."

According to the one of the studies, "hate speech on social media escalated with high temperatures." The other found that there was "an increase in workplace harassment and discrimination at the U.S. Postal Service when the temperature eclipsed 90 degrees."

Ajasa noted that these studies are just part of a "growing literature connecting heat to aggressive behavior."

And look: they’ve even got real, actual statistics!

Delving more specifically into the data, the reporter cited the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research’s study which found an "increase of hate speech of up to 22 percent on Twitter when temperatures are above 107 degrees Fahrenheit." Not only that, but "extreme cold" coincided with a rise in "offensive tweets."

She noted offensive tweets saw "a 12.5 percent increase when it was below 27 degrees."