For the first time, humans were exposed to a deadly combination of heat and humidity.

poVoq ( @poVoq@slrpnk.net ) · 7 months ago

For the first time, humans were exposed to a deadly combination of heat and humidity.

Tomi the Slav and 1024 others ( @po3mah@mastodon.social ) · 7 months ago

@poVoq If a person ever visited a turkish/steam sauna, then this this is crystal clear. Nobody can survive several hours in it.

WhimsicalSofa ( @WhimsicalSofa@lemmynsfw.com ) · 7 months ago

This is not a case of scientists learning something stupidly obvious. It IS a stupid article that buries the relevant info. But the take-away is that the study revises the deadliness of temperatures downwards—we can expect people to die at lower temps than the wet-bulb benchmark.

For the first time, humans were exposed to a deadly combination of heat and humidity.

For the first time, humans were exposed to a deadly combination of heat and humidity.

For the first time, humans were exposed to a deadly combination of heat and humidity. Here's how long they lasted