Over 1 billion outdoor workers in the tropics face hot and humid environments that can have significant risks to their health and labor productivity. Our new analysis (doi.org/10.1016/j.onee…), co-led by Yuta Masuda, in the journal @OneEarth_CP, discusses impacts and solutions
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We estimate that with an additional 1°C of global warming, one in eight people living in the tropics (~13% of the total tropical population) will reside in areas where it is too hot and humid to conduct heavy labor outside in the sun for most of the workday.