According to the National Sleep Foundation, adults should get seven to nine hours of sleep.
A new study claims that by the end of this century (2099), warmer temperatures will cost more people between 50 and 58 hours of sleep per year. Sleep deprivation – about 10 minutes per night – will be caused by rising night temperatures due to climate change.
The study has been published in the journal one earth, It is based on data collected by wristbands and smart watches measuring the duration and timing of sleep of more than 47,000 people in 68 countries between September 2015 and October 2017.
“We found that averagely warmer nights within individuals worldwide reduce the duration of human sleep,” said study co-author Kelton Minor. health day news,
“We hypothesized that people sleep less and are more likely to have warmer nights,” said a Denmark-based student in planetary social and behavioral data science at the University of Copenhagen.
People living in many parts of India are experiencing extreme temperatures, with the mercury hovering close to 50 degrees Celsius last week. Due to heat wave conditions, not only the days but also the nights have become hot.
The researchers who conducted the study said that the likelihood of getting less than seven hours of sleep increases by 3.5 percent if the night temperature is higher than the minimum night temperature due to climate change.
“A 3.5% sleep loss may initially seem like a small number, but it adds up,” said Alex Agostini, a lecturer in the Department of Justice and Society at the University of South Australia in Adelaide. CNN, She was not involved in the study.
Heat adversely affects sleep because a person’s body temperature must drop in order to fall asleep. The human body releases heat when we sleep. But it will get harder as temperatures rise, the study said.
Sleep deprivation has many potential health effects, including heart disease and health problems. According to the Washington-based National Sleep Foundation, adults should get seven to nine hours of sleep.