Emissions are sparking increases in African heat waves in unexpected ways. “There was the misconception that, because Africa is warm anyway, people are tolerant to the heat. I think that tolerance level is now superseded.”

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1. Exceeded?

2. The paper is [here](https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02578-6)

3. Even operating in 35⁰C is hard enough when I’m on holiday. Forget actual labour. Ireland has its benefits in this respect.

4. This racist thinking had been used for centuries to justify inhuman work conditions for non-white people. It’s the same thinking that the Texas GOP uses to justify the rescinding of heat protections for (mostly immigrant) outdoor workers: https://www.texasobserver.org/osha-heat-standard-texas-workers-trump/

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