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"Today the most common maximums for wet-bulb temperatures around the world
are 26 to 27 degrees Celsius. Wet-bulb temperatures of 35 degrees Celsius
or higher are lethal to humanity.Above this limit, it is impossible for
humans to dissipate the heat they generate indefinitely and they die of
overheating in a matter of hours, no matter how hard they try to cool off.
“So we were trying to get across the point that physiology and adaptation
and these other things will have nothing to do with this limit. It’s the
E-Z Bake Oven limit,” he said. “You cook yourself, very slowly.”

FULL:
https://www.wired.com/story/is-it-so-bad-if-the-world-gets-a-little-hotter-uh-yeah/
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