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Monday, November 4, 2019

Greenberg, et al, (2019) -- Climate change Associated With Declining Birth Rates and Unexpected Reproductive System Changes

This new study finds that 
climate change has a high
positive correlation with 
lower sperm counts, 
smaller male genitals, 
and less interest in sex,
resulting in significantly 
lower birth rates 
in many nations.

The study, released a few days ago, 
made me suspicious, but I can't find
any fault with the science.

The lower sperm counts, and lower 
birth rates, are old news.

And I knew of another study, 
summarized in the Washington Post, 
finding that record numbers of Americans 
are not having sex, based on data 
compiled by the General Social Survey,
( a survey done by the National Opinion Research Center 
at the University of Chicago, since 1972 ).

The portion of Americans age 18 to 29, 
reporting no sex in the past year,
more than doubled between 2008 
and 2018 !



But "smaller male genitals" 
from climate change 
is a brand new claim to me, 
and one that will get a LOT 
of attention from men !

I was wondering how the 
measurements were done ?

No one with sense would trust 
men to do measurements
themselves ... unless the
scientists later "adjusted" 
the numbers to be smaller 
( like global temperature 
"adjustments", used to make
the 1930's cooler, and cooler, 
so in a few more decades,
I expect the "1930s Dust Bowl" 
will have been "adjusted" 
into the "1930 Snow Bowl" ! )

But seriously now, 
never mind the unspecified
measurement methodology,
-- this new claim has
HUGE implications:

A majority of 
climate change
skeptics are men.

This claim may cause 
male climate change skeptics 
to change their minds !

If men think their favorite organs will 
shrink from climate change, they are
likely to support the Green New Deal 
-- they may not even want to wait
until 2030 for full implementation !

This could significantly weaken
climate change skepticism !

Unfortunately, the math was too
complicated for me to understand, 
so I was unable to summarize 
the study in simple language.

But I did a "cut and paste" of the study
report, and you should read the relatively
easy to understand Executive Summary,