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Climate change linked to declines in labour productivity
2013-02-25 00:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Conversation: Increases in humidity caused as a result of climate change are reducing labour productivity and its only likely to get worse over time, argue researchers from Americas National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In an article published today in the journal Nature Climate Change, the researchers say humidity is already reducing peoples working capacity by 10% during peak months of heat stress around the world, and this is likely to grow to 20% by 2050. The researchers say even if the...
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