Climate change future: What will we do when it gets Too Hot for Humans
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- Published on May 11th, 2020
How hot it feels is determined by the heat index, a combination of temperature and humidity. Over the next 60 years, that number is predicted to skyrocket. Climate scientist and extreme weather expert Radley Horton explains how that will cause unprecedented suffering and disruption around the world.
Read the study Horton and his colleagues published this topic in Science Advances in May 2020 called “The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human tolerance”
Climate scientist @radleyhorton explains how heat and humidity can combine to create intolerable conditions for humans over the next 60 years. #YEARSproject #ClimateFacts https://t.co/ohDufUphGG
— The YEARS Project (@YEARSofLIVING) May 11, 2020
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