Outdoor workers wilt in rising heat - The Mail & Guardian
Outdoor workers wilt in rising heat 17 Feb 2021 Wild food plants are the “gifts” we get from the land but high levels of warming threatens them. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) “It gets hot here,” says Stock, the chairperson of the local grower council. “So you go out early and you don’t sweat and lose liquid — [you are] working in a cooler environment.” A recent study commissioned by the CMCC found how increasing temperatures in South Africa from climate change reduces the ability of people to work in sectors that usually have high exposure to heat, such as farming, construction, ...
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