A new study conducted in China sheds light on the consequences of extreme weather-related temperatures. Researchers discovered that individuals experiencing more extremely hot or cold days were more likely to report depressive symptoms. As climate change has exposed more individuals to extreme temperatures, this research can help communities and clinicians recognize potential environmental triggers for depression. ...
I agree, though I feel its a potentially unintuitive way of saying it in a pop-sci journal targeted at the general public. If you tell most people that high temperatures makes their body produce excessive "Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal," they won't have a great frame of reference for what you mean, and how that might cause them to feel symptoms of depression.
But you can tell anyone that high temperatures can keep them up at night, and cause them to feel miserable the next day, and I think they'll both fully understand what your saying and probably find it pretty applicable to their own experiences. I fully understand the need for scientific terms in professional contexts, but in an article like this good communication means getting things across in clear language that their audience understands.
I think you clicked through to the academic paper.