Creating new risks to health too. The very latest research from the Australian National University in Canberra indicates that people producing the most physical labour in the hottest environments are, "chronically dehydrated". Long term, this threatens renal failure.
World wide there is an obesity epidemic. Unfortunately, the obese & merely overweight cope badly with heat.
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/climate-change-is-cutting-humans-work-capacity-study-finds-15654 / heat temperature humidity climate change work planet hotter muggier oil gas coal fossil fuels Industrial Revolution journal Nature Climate Change capacity researchers National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predict reshaping daily life most populated areas planet climate change intensifies global warming greenhouse gas experiencing heat stress climate modeler NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory environment labor calculations relief offered by air conditioning take other measures to beat the heat wet bulb temperature wind speed cool sweating increasing the likelihood of heat-related illness climate model projected /
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