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Jan
New Delhi (India Science Wire): In a recently published study in the journal Nature Scientific Reports, it is estimated that there would be a decline of 35% in work performance in the east coast region of India by 2100 due to heat stress caused by extreme heat and humidity. This would be extended to most of the other regions of the country due to increasing anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations and other climate change related factors. The research published in Nature Scientific Reports, December 2020 says that excessive heat stress increases core human body temperature rapidly with damaging effects on the…