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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: 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...