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What 1,000 Women Workers Can Teach Us About Surviving Extreme Heat

Heat adaptation rarely reaches the most vulnerable, and so those most at risk bear the price themselves, writes Satchit Balsari.

  • Study of 1,000 women in India's informal labor tracks heat's impact on health.
  • Wearable devices measure heat and humidity in homes and workplaces.
  • Early findings reveal wage losses, reduced sleep, and cardiac stress on hot days.

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