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Nov 6, 2024 | medicinetoday.com.au | Mehak Oberai |Ella Jackman |Shannon Rutherford |Steven Baker

Parts of Australia are currently facing extreme heat, with high temperatures set to continue over the coming days. Though it’s unclear exactly what the upcoming summer will bring, climate change means Australian summers are getting hotter. Even this year in August we saw temperatures around 40°C in parts of the country. Heatwaves aren’t just uncomfortable – they can be deadly.

Nov 6, 2024 | medicalxpress.com | Mehak Oberai |Ella Jackman |Shannon Rutherford |Steven Baker |Zhiwei Xu

Parts of Australia are currently facing extreme heat, with high temperatures set to continue over the coming days. Though it's unclear exactly what the upcoming summer will bring, climate change means Australian summers are getting hotter. Even this year in August we saw temperatures around 40°C in parts of the country. Heat waves aren't just uncomfortable—they can be deadly.

Nov 6, 2024 | theconversation.com | Shannon Rutherford |Steven Baker |Zhiwei Xu |Mehak Oberai |Ella Jackman

Parts of Australia are currently facing extreme heat, with high temperatures set to continue over the coming days. Though it’s unclear exactly what the upcoming summer will bring, climate change means Australian summers are getting hotter. Even this year in August we saw temperatures around 40°C in parts of the country. Heatwaves aren’t just uncomfortable – they can be deadly.

Dec 23, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Phayong Thepaksorn |David Borg |Shannon Rutherford |Nicholas Osborne

1 INTRODUCTION Wholly preventable occupational heat-illness and injury can be detrimental to worker health and labor productivity.1 Almost one-third of employees subjected to heat stressors experience declines in work performance.2 To combat current and future workplace risk of excess heat exposure in a warming world, low-cost, practical, and scalable solutions for overheated workers are needed.