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Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dan613@ottawa.place ("Dan Neuman") wrote:
@jmcrookston It's worse than that. As the temperature increases, even a young healthy body can't sweat fast enough to keep cool. Those of us who no longer fit in that category have to be even more careful. What's happening in India is a disaster, and that is coming soon to a city near you.
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- Chart from the Journal of Applied Physiology (2021), showing that the theoretical adaptability limit drops from 31℃ to 26℃ (wet bulb) as the real temperature increases from 38℃ to 51℃. Conclusion: Critical wet-bulb temperatures in both hot-dry and warm-humid environments all are significantly less than the literature's theorized 35°C threshold for human adaptability to extreme heat. (remote)
