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Extreme Heat

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Global South cities lack cooling green spaces

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Hundreds of Thousands of Inmates Exposed to Dangerous Heat Levels

Air temperature survival limits are greatly reduced in humid heat, and more so for older adults. The corresponding wet-bulb temperatures in dry weather are dramatically lower than the previously assumed limit of 95F or 35C. A wet bulb temperature of only 78F on a dry Phoenix summer day would be considered unsurvivable, yet it would take air temperatures of 128F under 10% relative humidity to reach that limit.

New research explores future limits of survival and livability in extreme heat conditions

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