The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human tolerance
Humans’ ability to efficiently shed heat has enabled us to range over every continent, but a wet-bulb temperature (TW) of 35°C marks our upper physiological limit, and much lower values have serious health and productivity impacts. Climate models project the first 35°C TW occurrences by the mid-21st...
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2020
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/2134/12319466.v1 |
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