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May 8, 2020 06:00 pm

Its already getting too hot and humid in some places for humans to survive


Temperatures Soar To Highest Of The Year

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A combination of heat and humidity so extreme that it’s unendurable isn’t just a problem for the future — those conditions are already here, a new study finds. Off-the-chart readings that were previously thought to be nearly nonexistent on the planet today have popped up around the globe, and unyielding temperatures are becoming more common.


Extreme conditions reaching roughly 115 degrees Fahrenheit on the heat-index scale — a measurement of both heat and humidity that’s often referred to as what the temperature “feels like” — doubled between 1979 and 2017, the study found. Humidity and heat are a particularly deadly combination, since humidity messes with the body’s ability to cool itself off by sweating. The findings imply that harsh...



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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/21252174/heat-humidity-human-survival-climate-change-science-advances

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