For the first time, humans were exposed to a deadly combination of heat and humidity.
For the first time, humans were exposed to a deadly combination of heat and humidity.
Heatwaves loom as a growing threat to humanity in a warming climate. This summer alone, in the northern hemisphere, thousands have died during extreme heat events. It's driving researchers to find out more about the point when heat turns deadly.
Saved you a click: In a lab.
Bad headline but interesting article. Definitely shows that some of the reporting on this topic has been very misleading—especially the suggestion that drier climates won’t experience these dangerous conditions.
Will look forward to a new map beyond just wet bulb temperatures that shows the real distribution of future heat danger.
Ah, fuck it, I can't stand this format of reading.
The take-away is that higher temperatures with low humidity are more deadly than previously thought, so that you can have deadly heat below the wet bulb threshold.