Calor Extremo: On the Frontlines of Climate Change with North Carolina Farmworkers

Calor Extremo: On the Frontlines of Climate Change with North Carolina Farmworkers

Increasingly hotter temperatures threaten the environment and pose serious risks to human health. From contending with damaged crops and loss of work due to extreme weather to working in life-threateningly hot and humid temperatures, agricultural farmworkers are on the front lines of this harsh real...

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Veröffentlicht in:North Carolina medical journal (Durham, N.C.) N.C.), 2020-09, Vol.81 (5), p.311-314
Hauptverfasser: Kearney, Gregory D, Garzon, Lariza
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Climate Change
Extreme Heat
Farmers
Humans
North Carolina
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Zusammenfassung:Increasingly hotter temperatures threaten the environment and pose serious risks to human health. From contending with damaged crops and loss of work due to extreme weather to working in life-threateningly hot and humid temperatures, agricultural farmworkers are on the front lines of this harsh reality.
ISSN:0029-2559
0029-2559
DOI:10.18043/ncm.81.5.311