Mastodawn

Rising heat stress has put India's 45 million garment workers at risk of losing productivity, which could lead to the loss of 35 million full-time jobs and a subsequent decline of 4.5% in India’s GDP by 2030, a new report showed. #heatstress #heat #climatechange #globalwarming #ILO #health

https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2026/Mar/02/extreme-heat-poses-crisis-for-indias-garment-workers-35-million-jobs-at-risk-by-2030-report

Extreme heat poses crisis for India's garment workers, 35 million jobs at risk by 2030: Report

NEW DELHI: Rising heat stress has put India's 45 million garment workers at risk of losing productivity, which could lead to the loss of 35 million full-time jo

The New Indian Express

Fred Nurk Feb 21

Who needs a simulation of heatwaves in Australia when First Nations people in remote areas are dealing with the real thing? Why can't the Guardian tell more stories about the preventable deaths from heatstress instead? #climatecrisis #heatstress #energysky #Australia

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zhvstbmhmxg6wauvkmi4e7gv/post/3mdkntdngzk2t

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💧🌏 Greg Cocks Jan 20

Detecting Drought Stress In Trees From The Air [Switzerland]
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https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/detecting-drought-stress-trees-from-air-eidg-forschungsanstalt-wsl-mrjue <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110856 <-- shared paper
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https://www.inverse.com/science/trees-dying-shocking-rates-understanding-save-them <-- shared technical article
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#Umweltbeobachtung #Wald #Trockenheit #Drohnen #Forschung #EnvironmentalMonitoring #Forest #Trees #Drought #Drones #Research #UAV #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #tree #vegetation #climatechange #heatstress #hot #summer #sunlight #discolouration #leaf #leaves #defoliation #impacts #crowns #canopy #water #hydrology #drought #risk #hazard #drone #imagery #survey #nativetree #monitoring #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #measurement #methodology #drought #coping #Droughtstress #Forest #NDVI #PRI #Xanthophyll #Turgorlosspoint #waterstress #dehydration #mortality #death #dying #loss #hydraulicfailure #biology #botany #canopy

BellingenNSW Jan 19

Excessive heat:
Storing children and dogs in cars
Exposing workers to heat stroke
Roasting livestock in paddocks

* "Prison and fines for leaving dogs in hot cars among proposed changes to NSW animal welfare laws. The legislation will also focus on owners who travel with dogs on the back of utes...On a 30 degree Celsius day, the interior of a parked car could reach 70°C..." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-18/prison-fines-for-leaving-dogs-in-hot-car-under-nsw-law-changes/106242130

* Working in excessive heat - Is there a set maximum temperature for workers?
"Calls for an industry-standard heat policy to be implemented on worksites as summers get hotter" >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-19/calls-for-industry-standard-heat-policy-on-worksites/106234134

* "Forgotten baby syndrome" - "Number of children left in cars increasing. Children being left alone in cars had become more common, with about 5,000 children rescued from locked cars across Australia each year." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-12/fatal-distraction-children-left-in-cars-it-can-happen-to-anyone/102814668

* 100 cattle die in southern NSW heatwave >>
https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/115902861249815501

#FossilFuels #ClimateDisruption #heatwaves #HotPlanet #children #workers #pets #dogs #welfare #cars #utes #motorists #autopilot #heatstroke #mortality #regulation #governance #HeatPolicies #workers #OHS #HeatStress #Heatstroke #CompanionSpecies #habitability

Image: Dog on the back of a ute, tied up on a hot metal tray, Mid North Coast, NSW

Peter Riley Jan 3

https://www.asiandispatch.net/nepals-migrant-workers-chronic-kidney-disease-as-world-warms-up

Grist series Vital Signs, explores #climatechange affects on health.
https://grist.org/series/vital-signs-global-health-climate/

#Capitalism #exploitation #heatstress #kidneydisease #migrantworkers #Nepal

Nepal’s Migrant Workers Face Chronic Kidney Disease as the World Warms Up

Nepal’s migrant workers travel to West Asian countries with the hope of building a better future but they are increasingly returning home with chronic kidney disease (CKD). This is a result of climate change, income inequality, and poor labour laws, leaving some of the most vulnerable workers dangerously exposed as the global temperature increases.

Levent Kurnaz Dec 30

Climate change is extending heat exposure—not just raising peak temperatures. A Mediterranean study shows summer days now bring 1.5–2+ extra hours of severe heat stress. Duration matters for health, work, and cities.
#HeatStress #ClimateChange
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00704-025-05972-4

Thermal persistence index (TPI): a novel measure of prolonged heat stress in the Mediterranean, 1950–2024 - Theoretical and Applied Climatology

The Mediterranean basin is a prominent ‘hotspot’ highly vulnerable to anthropogenic climate change, where heatwaves are increasing in frequency, intensity, and duration. Traditional heat stress metrics, often focusing on instantaneous conditions or daily averages, fail to capture the cumulative impact of uninterrupted intra-daily exposure. In this study, we introduce the Thermal Persistence Index (TPI), a novel metric quantifying the persistence of human-relevant heat stress on an hourly scale. TPI is defined as the maximum number of consecutive hours within a day during which the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) exceeds + 32 °C (‘strong heat stress’). Using ERA5-Land reanalysis (1950–2024), we analyze long-term trends, regime shifts, and spatial hotspots for three TPI-derived metrics: seasonal mean (tpi_mean), seasonal maximum (tpi_max), and days with TPI ≥ 6 h (tpi_ge6days). Results reveal widespread, statistically significant increases in all metrics, with consensus hotspots in eastern Spain, northern Italy, the Aegean, and the Levant. Pettitt change-point analysis identifies the 1990s—particularly 1997—as the dominant period of regime shift. These findings indicate that the Mediterranean has entered a new thermal regime characterized not only by hotter days but also by longer and more frequent periods of intra-daily heat stress. TPI offers a concise framework for assessing climate-driven changes in heat stress duration and supporting targeted adaptation in public health, labor, and agriculture.

SpringerLink

Javier del Campo Dec 22

Past thermal history and heat stress shape patterns of coral-algal symbioses in massive Porites https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.02.690324v1 #coral #holobiont #microbiome #heatstress

💧🌏 Greg Cocks Dec 19

Bridging The Land Use Gap - Examining Tree Canopy Cover And Connectivity By Land Use In 10 U.S. Cities
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128626 <-- shared paper
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Example: https://seattle.gov/documents/Departments/OSE/Urban%20Forestry/2021%20Tree%20Canopy%20Assessment%20Report_FINAL_230227.pdf <-- shared 2021 City Of Seattle Tree Canopy Assessment- Final Report
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #treeequity #Landuse #landcover #Earthobservation #Environmentaljustice #Urbansustainability #Urbanpolicy #urbanplanning #remotesensing #city #cities #tree #treecanopy #heatstress #vegetation #management #monitoring #parks #recreation #greenspace #residential #industrial #canopycover #habitat #biodiversity #heatisland #connectivity #US #USA #citypark #urbanparks #treeplanting #planning #contagious #climate #ecology #publichealth

mundialis GmbH & Co. KG Dec 18

How can satellite data help assess heat risks?
Join our webinar “From EO Data to Heat Stress Maps.”
🗓 15 January 2026 | ⏰ 10:00–10:45 CET
🔗 More info: https://www.mundialis.de/en/heat-stress-maps-webinar-invitation/

#EO #heatstress #opendata