Temperature impacts on hate speech online: evidence from 4 billion geolocated tweets from the USA
Our results highlight hate speech online as a potential channel through which temperature
alters interpersonal conflict and societal aggression. We provide empirical evidence
that hot and cold temperatures can aggravate aggressive tendencies online. The prevalence
of the results across climatic and socioeconomic subgroups points to limitations in
the ability of humans to adapt to temperature extremes.
