The maximum that humans can tolerate … study warns of “unbearable rise” in global temperature

A US study warned that the planet could face an “unbearable” rise in temperatures for several decades if the rate of climate change continues.

“In recent years, some regions, including the Gulf, the Indian subcontinent, and some Mexican regions, have recorded heat and humidity clusters outside of the plans,” said the authors of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory study at the University from American Columbia.

The study added that “for a short period, some cities have reached the maximum level of human tolerance with respect to temperatures.”

The study showed that, in many cases, local conditions reached a “wet temperature” of 35 degrees Celsius, and this measure of heat and humidity is similar to what local weather reports call the “heat index.”

A wet mark of 35 ° translates to a temperature index of 71.11 ° C, and this is believed to be the upper limit of what humans can tolerate.

Commenting on the study results, researcher Colin Raymond, a professor at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at the University of American Columbia, said: “People can adapt to heat and humidity to some degree, we all do it.”

He added: “With the weakening of the body’s natural cooling mechanism, people who are exposed to such severe cases can succumb to heat stroke or even organ failure.”

He noted that the fatal health effects can be seen through prolonged exposure to less damaging temperatures, pointing to the deadly heat wave that hit Europe in 2003, and the lack of air conditioning in places unfamiliar with this heat. it was one of the factors in the great human losses.