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Worker Rest Breaks Double by 2050 as Climate Warms: NOAA

2013-02-24 11:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Bloomberg: Workers in jobs without air conditioning will need rest breaks twice as often by 2050 to avoid heat stress amid a warming climate, according to a study from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Losses in labor capacity, or the ability to work safely in warm conditions, will double by mid-century assuming global temperatures rise by 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit), according to the study to be published today online in Nature Climate Change. Temperatures have risen 0.7...

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