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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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Autores principales: Raymond, Colin, Matthews, Tom, Horton, Radley M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7209987/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32494693
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaw1838

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