Why Heat Waves of the Future May Be Even Deadlier Than Feared | The body’s cooling defenses fail at lower “wet bulb” temperatures than scientists had estimated.

silence7@slrpnk.net · 2 months ago

Why Heat Waves of the Future May Be Even Deadlier Than Feared | The body’s cooling defenses fail at lower “wet bulb” temperatures than scientists had estimated.

superkret · 2 months ago

The official goal is still 1.5, but that’s kind of irrelevant, since we’ve been over 1.5 for an entire year already, and the only reason the official number is still at 1.4 is that the number is averaged over several years and it’s technically possible temps will go down next year.

rhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.com · 2 months ago

technically possible temps will go down next year.

I sure hope so. But I think it would be bad to plan on luck alone (not that you are advocating for that).

Why Heat Waves of the Future May Be Even Deadlier Than Feared | The body’s cooling defenses fail at lower “wet bulb” temperatures than scientists had estimated.

Why Heat Waves of the Future May Be Even Deadlier Than Feared | The body’s cooling defenses fail at lower “wet bulb” temperatures than scientists had estimated.

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