Changes in Land Cover and Management Affect Heat Stress and Labor Capacity

Orlov, Anton; Hertog, Steven De; Havermann, Felix; Guo, Suqi; Luo, Fei; Manola, Iris; Thiery, Wim; Lejeune, Quentin; Pongratz, Julia; Humpenöder, Florian; Windisch, Michael; Nath, Shruti; Popp, Alexander; Schleußner, Carl-Friedrich

doi:10.1029/2022ef002909

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“…Here the seasonal mean is defined as the daily mean precipitation across the observational record during May-October. This monsoon season definition is selected based on its original development to measure on-ground impacts of precipitation variability for agriculture, an important outdoor labor sector influenced by extreme humid heat (Orlov et al, 2023; Geophysical Research Letters 10.1029/2023GL107382 Parsons et al, 2022). We identify dry and wet spells following methods outlined by Singh et al (2014) as three or more consecutive days with one standard deviation below or above the seasonal mean precipitation, respectively.…”

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Subseasonal Variability of Humid Heat During the South Asian Summer Monsoon

Ivanovich,

Horton,

Sobel

et al. 2024

Geophysical Research Letters

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The South Asian summer monsoon strongly modulates regional temperature and humidity. While extreme dry heat peaks in the pre‐monsoon season, recent literature suggests that extreme humid heat can continue to build throughout the monsoon season. Here we explore the influence of monsoon onset and subseasonal precipitation variability on the occurrence of extreme wet bulb temperatures (Tw) across South Asia. We find that extreme Tw events often occur on rainy days during the monsoon season. However, the influence of precipitation on Tw varies with the background climatology of surface specific humidity. In climatologically drier areas, positive Tw anomalies tend to occur when precipitation increases due to either early onset or wet spells during the monsoon. In contrast, in climatologically humid areas, positive Tw anomalies occur during periods of suppressed precipitation, including both delayed onset and dry spells during the monsoon.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Subseasonal Variability of Humid Heat During the South Asian Summer Monsoon

Ivanovich,

Horton,

Sobel

et al. 2024

Geophysical Research Letters

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“…While LULCC can substantially alter climate through local and non-local biogeophysical effects, little is known about the consequential health and socioeconomic responses. For instance, only a few studies investigate deforestation-induced impacts on productivity and capacity of labour (Alves de Oliveira et al 2021, Masuda et al 2021, Parsons et al 2021, Orlov et al 2023a. More importantly, to our best knowledge, even less research has been done on quantifying LULCC-induced impacts on health (Wolff et al 2021).…”

Section: Biogeophysical Effects On Climate Induced By Lulccmentioning

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Neglected implications of land-use and land-cover changes on the climate-health nexus

Orlov

Aunan

Mistry

et al. 2023

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Climate change can substantially affect temperature-related mortality and morbidity, especially under high greenhouse gas emission pathways. Achieving the Paris Agreement goals require not only drastic reductions in fossil fuel-based emissions but also land-use and land-cover changes (LULCC), such as reforestation and afforestation. LULCC has been mainly analysed in the context of land-based mitigation and food security. However, growing scientific evidence shows that LULCC can also substantially alter climate through biogeophysical effects. Little is known about the consequential impacts on human health. LULCC-related impact research should broaden its scope by including the human health impacts. LULCC are relevant to several global agendas (i.e., Sustainable Development Goals). Thus, collaboration across research communities and stronger stakeholder engagement are required to address this knowledge gap.

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