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posted by mrpg on Monday July 19 2021, @04:14AM   Printer-friendly
from the 35°C-TW dept.

How hot is too hot for the human body?:

Some climate models predict that we're going to start hitting wet-bulb temperatures over 95 °F by the middle of the 21st century. Other researchers say we're already there. In a study published in 2020, researchers showed that some places in the subtropics have already reported such conditions—and they're getting more common.

While most researchers agree that a wet-bulb temperature of 95 °F is unlivable for most humans, the reality is that less extreme conditions can be deadly too. We've only hit those wet-bulb temperatures on Earth a few times, but heat kills people around the world every year.

[...] Heat acclimatization builds up over time: It can start in as little as a few days, and the whole process can take six weeks or longer, Hanna says. People who are more acclimatized to heat sweat more, and their sweat is more diluted, meaning they lose fewer electrolytes through their sweat. This can protect the body from dehydration and heart and kidney problems, Hanna says.

Acclimatization is why heat waves in cooler places, or heat waves early in summer, are more likely to be deadly than the same conditions in hotter places or later in summer. It's not just that places like Canada and Seattle are less likely to have air conditioning, although infrastructure is another big factor in how deadly heat waves will be. Residents of cooler places are also just less acclimatized to the heat, so wet-bulb temperatures below 95 °F can be deadly.

Wet-bulb temperature


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  • (Score: 1, Troll) by PiMuNu on Monday July 19 2021, @03:43PM (3 children)

    by PiMuNu (3823) on Monday July 19 2021, @03:43PM (#1157894)

    > you won't even bother to google

    I didn't find it on search, sorry.

    Do you have a graph that shows e.g. air pressure on a similar time scale?

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  • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by fakefuck39 on Monday July 19 2021, @04:22PM (2 children)

    by fakefuck39 (6620) on Monday July 19 2021, @04:22PM (#1157916)

    yeah, yeah, you didn't find it, even thought different versions of this graph are half the images returned for when you google temperature vs co2 millions of years. i believe you.

    >Do you have a graph that shows e.g. air pressure on a similar time scale?
    nah, but I got a photo of a dumb faggot being purposely dense. I stuck it to your mirror.

    • (Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Monday July 19 2021, @04:51PM (1 child)

      by PiMuNu (3823) on Monday July 19 2021, @04:51PM (#1157933)

      Sinking into trolling...

      • (Score: 2) by fakefuck39 on Monday July 19 2021, @06:11PM

        by fakefuck39 (6620) on Monday July 19 2021, @06:11PM (#1157966)

        when I encounter someone like yourself, who is being purposely dense, and is unable to have a discussion - yes. At that point, when you claim you can't find something in a google image search where half the results on the page are the chart in question? Yes, since you started trolling, your only purpose for me at that point is someone to entertain me and to shit on. You've put on clown makeup and are now complaining about being treated as a clown. Which is very entertaining to me.