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The CBC reports:
If carbon dioxide emissions continue at their current pace, by the end of century parts of the Persian Gulf will sometimes be just too hot for the human body to tolerate, a new study says.
How hot? The heat index — which combines heat and humidity — may hit 74 to 77 C (165 to 170 degrees Fahrenheit) for at least six hours, according to numerous computer simulations in the new study. That's so hot that the human body can't get rid of heat. The elderly and ill are hurt most by current heat waves, but the future is expected to be so hot that healthy, fit people would be endangered, health experts say.
Also covered at phys.org. An abstract (with figures) is available; full article is pay-walled.
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(Score: 5, Informative) by gman003 on Thursday October 29 2015, @01:26PM
Here's a long version [slate.com], but for the short version:
The study concluded that, by 2100, having six-hour periods where it gets too hot for humans to cool themselves with sweat, no matter how much water they drink, will be a once-a-decade event in some parts of the region. The outdoors could be considered "uninhabitable" only for that period - people will need to stay indoors, in cooled buildings.
In computer terms, that gives "the outdoors" a 99.993% uptime. Not quite gold-standard but the region isn't exactly known for its climate anyways.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by fritsd on Thursday October 29 2015, @02:10PM
Now imagine, that you have to do *physical work* in a surrounding that's a bit warmer than ambient temperature.
Who's going to do the laundry?
Who's going to operate the oil drill?
Who's going to cook the deep-fried camel balls, or whatever they serve in Saudi snackbars?
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 29 2015, @02:57PM
In 85 years from now? I'm gonna say "robots" as the answer to your questions.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 29 2015, @07:52PM
In the middle east? Ha.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday October 29 2015, @06:20PM
"Who's going to cook the deep-fried camel balls"
That's outrageous. You're going to poison the camel balls by deep-frying them? Errrr - wait . . .
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday October 29 2015, @06:16PM
The study concluded that, by 2100, having six-hour periods where it gets too hot for humans to cool themselves with sweat, no matter how much water they drink, will be a once-a-decade event in some parts of the region. The outdoors could be considered "uninhabitable" only for that period - people will need to stay indoors, in cooled buildings.
So what you are saying is that by the end of the century some parts of the Persian Gulf will sometimes be too hot for humans?
I feel like I read that somewhere before...