- Re: an explanation of wet bulb temperature...
Posted by Der
on November 17, 2021, 6:03 pm, in reply to "Re: an explanation of wet bulb temperature..."
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Thanks for the correction, John. I should have thought it through. Here's what I got. And I got it wrong. I should hv posted the whole thing. "The Met Office assessed wet-bulb temperature, which combines both heat and humidity. Once this measure reaches 35C, the human body cannot cool itself by sweating and even healthy people sitting in the shade will die within six hours. The Met Office analysis used a wet-bulb temperature limit of 32C, at which workers must rest regularly to avoid heat exhaustion, for at least 10 days a year. If efforts to end the climate emergency fail and temperatures rise by 4C, half of the world’s population will suffer from this extreme heat stress." What got me was the way they talked about 4C and then they said "half of the world’s population will suffer from this extreme heat stress." And I assumed they were referring back to the inability to cool oneself by sweating. The word "this" got me. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/09/1bn-people-will-suffer-extreme-heat-at-just-2c-heating-say-scientists? |