Table 2.
Predicted time (min (percent of time associated with baseline climate scenario)) to attain a core temperature of 38.0 °C for each location, climate scenario, and work intensity.
| Location | Work | Baseline | RCP4.5 2041–2060 |
RCP4.5 2061–2080 |
RCP8.5 2041–2060 |
RCP8.5 2061–2080 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLARE | Light | NL (100) | NL (100) | NL (100) | NL (100) | NL (100) |
| Moderate | NL (100) | NL (100) | NL (100) | NL (100) | NL (100) | |
| Heavy | NL (100) | NL (100) | NL (100) | NL (100) | NL (100) | |
| PORT MACQUARIE | Light | NL (100) | NL (100) | 211 (70) | 129 (43) | 86 (29) |
| Moderate | NL (100) | 216 (72) | 154 (51) | 103 (34) | 72 (24) | |
| Heavy | NL (100) | 122 (41) | 98 (33) | 73 (24) | 56 (19) | |
| DARWIN | Light | 46 (100) | 40 (87) | 38 (83) | 37 (80) | 35 (76) |
| Moderate | 42 (100) | 36 (86) | 35 (83) | 34 (81) | 32 (76) | |
| Heavy | 36 (100) | 32 (89) | 30 (83) | 30 (83) | 28 (78) | |
| TOM PRICE | Light | 160 (100) | 98 (61) | 83 (52) | 90 (56) | 76 (48) |
| Moderate | 159 (100) | 92 (58) | 76 (48) | 84 (53) | 70 (44) | |
| Heavy | 104 (100) | 65 (63) | 58 (56) | 58 (56) | 51 (49) | |
| TOWNSVILLE | Light | 73 (100) | 57 (78) | 55 (75) | 54 (74) | 47 (64) |
| Moderate | 63 (100) | 50 (79) | 49 (78) | 48 (76) | 42 (67) | |
| Heavy | 50 (100) | 42 (84) | 41 (82) | 40 (80) | 36 (72) | |
| GRIFFITH | Light | NL (100) | NL (100) | NL (100) | 229 (76) | 118 (39) |
| Moderate | NL (100) | NL (100) | NL (100) | 214 (71) | 106 (35) | |
| Heavy | NL (100) | NL (100) | NL (100) | 174 (58) | 83 (28) |
NL—no limit (core temperature was not predicted to rise above 38.0 °C within the maximum modelled work duration of 300 min). Values in italics indicate the sweat loss limit was reached within 300 min. Where baseline climate scenarios were associated with no heat stress-induced work duration limit, the maximum potential work duration of 300 min was used to calculate the relative reduction from the baseline climate scenario in work duration for each of the projected climate scenarios.