Science Illustrated

Unbearable heat could displace millions

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Air humidity is an important measure of how heat affects the body, and to measure the latter, we use the special wet-bulb temperatur­e. A wet-bulb temperatur­e of 35+ degrees is lethal. Scientists from the University of New South Wales have created a map that shows the world’s wet-bulb temperatur­es, should temperatur­es increase by 10 degrees. The light colours indicate the regions in which life would be unbearable.

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