Increased labor losses and decreased adaptation potential in a warmer world
Outdoor workers may need to adapt to warming by moving labor from midday to cooler hours. Here the authors find this adaptation strategy loses efficacy under additional climate change due to increased heat exposure in the coolest hours of the day.
Main Authors: | Luke A. Parsons, Drew Shindell, Michelle Tigchelaar, Yuqiang Zhang, June T. Spector |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2021-12-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27328-y |
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