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NewsColony Number of days considered to hot to safely work outdoors expected to grow to 39 by 2050 Climate change will make life even harder for agriculture workers in the coming decades, with nearly double the number of days when it will be too hot to safely work outdoors. According to a new study from Stanford and the University of Washington, the number of days where the daily heat index becomes too high for safe outdoor work will rise from the current average of 21 a year to 39 by 2050. By 2100, the team estimates there will be 62 days each growing season when the daily temperature index becomes too hazardous for prolonged outdoor exertion.    A new study found that climate change will nearly double the number of days it’s too hot to safely work outside during each growing season in the US, rising from 21 to 39 by 2050, and  reaching 62 in 2100 ‘I was surprised by the scale of the change — seeing a doubling of unsafe days by mid-century, then a tripl...