The upper temperature thresholds of life.


Journal

The Lancet. Planetary health
ISSN: 2542-5196
Titre abrégé: Lancet Planet Health
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101704339

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
06 2021
Historique:
received: 08 12 2019
revised: 21 03 2021
accepted: 25 03 2021
entrez: 13 6 2021
pubmed: 14 6 2021
medline: 26 11 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Temperature affects many life processes, but its effect might be expected to differ among eukaryotic organisms inhabiting similar environments. We reviewed literature on temperature thresholds of humans, livestock, poultry, agricultural crops, and sparse examples of fisheries. We found that preferable and harmful temperatures are similar for humans, cattle, pigs, poultry, fish, and agricultural crops. Preferable temperatures range from 17°C to 24°C. Stress temperature thresholds are lower when humidity is higher. However, extended exposure to temperatures above 25°C with high humidity can cause heat stress in many organisms. Short exposures to temperatures above 35°C with high humidity, or above 40°C with low humidity, can be lethal. Increases in exposure, frequency, and duration of stressful and lethal temperatures increase the physiological stress and bodily damage suffered by humans, livestock, poultry, fish, and agricultural crops.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34119012
pii: S2542-5196(21)00079-6
doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00079-6
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

e378-e385

Commentaires et corrections

Type : ErratumIn

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Declaration of interests We declare no competing interests.

Auteurs

Senthold Asseng (S)

Department of Life Science Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany. Electronic address: senthold.asseng@tum.de.

Dietrich Spänkuch (D)

Leibniz Society of Sciences, Berlin, Germany.

Ixchel M Hernandez-Ochoa (IM)

Crop Science Group, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.

Jimena Laporta (J)

Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.

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