Monday, May 02, 2016

Global Warming - Heat

Climate Central: Warming to Bring ‘Epidemic’ of Heat-Related Injuries
Productivity losses alone could rise above $2 trillion by 2030, as outdoor employees in many regions slow their pace, take longer breaks and shift their work to cooler dusk and dawn hours.
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2 comments:

Glynn Kalara said...

I hate to make predictions but here's one that I keep seeing and it's sobering to say the least. By mid-Century some areas of the planet might be too hot for humans to be outside in certain seasons and at certain times of the day. That's already true in parts of the Sahara, Australian out back, Atacama and Mojave Deserts, but soon the areas involved will be much larger and have significant human populations. One wonders how that's going to play out especially as fresh water resources and arable land in these areas also dry up and blow away? No wonder the Defense Dept. is worried.

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Jim Sande said...

Sure, incredible heat waves, flooding, super storms, droughts, species migration, more disease, lost productivity, a rearrangement of the insect world - we are going to witness these events from here on out. I would not be surprised to read about some unbelievable heat spike this summer - it goes up from 135 to 145 F somewhere.

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