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How hot is too hot for human survival? The wet-bulb temperature can help to answer that.
This is not a question that can be answered with a specific temperature. It all comes down to something you may never have heard of: wet-bulb temperature. Human survivability has just as much to ...
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As the U.S. heat wave drags on, experts warn of deadly 'wet-bulb' temperatures. Here’s what those are.
Using the Omni Calculator, for instance, an air temperature of 95°F combined with a relative humidity of 80% results in a wet-bulb temperature of 89.47°F, meaning that the evaporation of sweat ...
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Where dangerous heat is surging
The analysis calculated an approximate form of “wet-bulb globe temperature,” a metric that combines temperature, humidity, sunlight and wind. Scientists consider it the gold standard for ...