For the first time, humans were exposed to a deadly combination of heat and humidity.

poVoq@slrpnk.net · 9か月前

For the first time, humans were exposed to a deadly combination of heat and humidity.

WhyDoYouPersist@lemmy.world · 9か月前

If this new model is to be believed, yikes.

Tomi the Slav and 1024 others@mastodon.social · 9か月前

@poVoq If a person ever visited a turkish/steam sauna, then this this is crystal clear. Nobody can survive several hours in it.

WhimsicalSofa@lemmynsfw.com · 9か月前

This is not a case of scientists learning something stupidly obvious. It IS a stupid article that buries the relevant info. But the take-away is that the study revises the deadliness of temperatures downwards—we can expect people to die at lower temps than the wet-bulb benchmark.

For the first time, humans were exposed to a deadly combination of heat and humidity.

For the first time, humans were exposed to a deadly combination of heat and humidity.

For the first time, humans were exposed to a deadly combination of heat and humidity. Here's how long they lasted