“Humid heat waves kill a lot more people than dry heat waves,” Kenney said. When Kenney tested young and old people in dry heat, young volunteers could function until 125.6 degrees, while the ...

Vic experienced the rare combination of extreme heat and severe thunderstorms, which sparked several new fires across the ...

Methods Nineteen semiprofessional football players completed a match in 21°C followed by 6 days of acclimatisation in dry heat (38–43°C, 12–30% relative humidity) and a match in ∼43°C. A heat-response ...