heat stress
Body temperature crisis
Heat stress is the strain on an organism when external heat overwhelms its ability to regulate body temperature.
In humans, it ranges from discomfort to life-threatening conditions like heat stroke.
The term applies broadly—to workers in hot environments, athletes, livestock, and crops: Heat stress reduced milk production in the dairy herd.
Plants under heat stress may wilt, drop flowers, or fail to set fruit.
- hyperthermiaDangerously elevated body temperature
- crop failureWhen fields yield nothing
- dehydrationExcessive fluid loss
- thermoregulationMaintaining stable internal heat
- workplace safetyHarm prevention at jobs
hot and humid · electrolyte imbalance · evapotranspiration · livestock · labor productivity · drought · core temperature · humidity · sweating · vasodilation · acclimatization · cooling systems · cooling off · microclimate · fever · thirst · body temperature · overheating
- stressstrain, stressor, overload, overwhelm, stressors
- farm hazardsdrought, frost damage, flood, hail damage, frost
- stressorsemergency, deadlines, job interview, finals week, strain
- workplace hazardsburnout, fire hazard, overwork, back pain, harassment
- livestock sciencecattle breeding, livestock feed, dairy cattle, beef cattle, cattle ranching
- workplace safetyworkplace safety, PPE, safety standards, worker safety, goggles
heat stresshypothermia
Dangerously low body temperature
cold exposure · frostbite · freezing · cold shock · overcooling