The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human tolerance

Raymond, Colin; Matthews, Tom; Horton, Radley M.

doi:10.1126/sciadv.aaw1838

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The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human tolerance

2020
By Raymond, Colin ; Matthews, Tom ; Horton, Radley M.

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Journal Title:

Science Advances
Personal Author:

Raymond, Colin ; Matthews, Tom ; Horton, Radley M.
NOAA Program & Office:

OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
Description:

Humid heat extremes are rapidly increasing and may have already briefly exceeded humans’ physiological survivability limit.
Keywords:

Multidisciplinary
Source:

Science Advances, 6(19)
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaw1838
ISSN:

2375-2548
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PDF
Publisher:

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Document Type:

Journal Article
Funding:

Grant no. NA15OAR4310147
License:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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CC BY-NC
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Library
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