As per Euronews.green, scientists revealed in a recently published study that climate-extreme events, such as those related to heat and humidity, have an impact on people's mental health.

Worldwide, around 4.4% of the human population is known to have depression, but in countries such as Bangladesh, the number goes up to over 16%.

One of the reasons, researchers say, is due to climate change-related events.

Lead author Syed Shabab Wahid, an assistant professor in the department of global health at Georgetown University’s School of Health, said that "as climate change worsens, temperatures and humidity will continue to increase, as will natural disasters, such as extreme flooding, which portends worsening impact on our collective mental health, globally."

It was found that people who experienced an increase of just one degree Celsius were 21% more susceptible to have anxiety and 24% more likely to have both anxiety and depression.

Increase in air humidity had similar effects, according to experts, who conducted the study on people living both in urban and rural settlements.

Possibly the worst weather phenomenon in the south-eastern Asian country was flooding, which is claimed to affect mental health by 31% with regards to depression and 69% to anxiety.

Both disorders had an 87% chance of getting worse in the case of people living in flood-prone areas.

While the study focused only on one area of the world, scientists say that there could be more countries where citizens' mental health suffers due to climate-related events.

"This should serve as a warning for other nations", Wahid concluded.