Climate change may be making us lonelier: How heat waves and extreme weather disrupt social connections everyone relies on

During miserable heat waves, people tend to stay inside if it's cooler there, limiting social connection. AP Photo/Nathan Howard

Severe storms, heat waves and wildfires can shut down the social life of a community, flooding out festivals, canceling community events and keeping people indoors.

They’re also evidence of how climate change isn’t just changing the environments we all live in, but also impeding our ability to connect with one another.