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Re: Problems could arise much sooner than predicted

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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Problems could arise much sooner than predicted
>> http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/11/persian-gulf-temperatures-may-be-at-the-edge-of-human-tolerance-in-30-years/
> 
>> Persian Gulf temperatures may be at the edge of human tolerance in 30
>> years
> 
>> Humans can tolerate some extremes of hot and dry temperatures by
>> sweating, which lowers our body temperature via evaporative cooling.
>> However, this ability is greatly reduced when high temperatures are
>> accompanied by high humidity. When people are exposed to a
>> combination of higher temperatures and increased humidity, heat
>> stroke can lead to untimely deaths.
>>
>> Existing climate models have shown that a global temperature increase
>> to the threshold of human survivability would be reached in some
>> regions of the globe at a point in the distant future. However, a new
>> paper published by Jeremy Pal and Elfatih Eltahir in Nature Climate
>> Change presents evidence that this deadly combination of heat and
>> humidity increases could occur in the Persian Gulf much earlier than
>> previously anticipated.
>>
>> These regions are critical suppliers of oil and fossil fuels, so if
>> they become inhospitable to humans, the global consequences could be
>> dire?assuming we?re still using these fuels as these effects kick
>> in.
>>
>> According to climate researcher Christoph Schar, this region is
>> particularly vulnerable to extremely hot and humid climates due to
>> its proximity to warm seas. The Persian Gulf is a relatively shallow
>> body of water, which allows it to absorb more heat than typical
>> oceanic inlets.
 
Or it could never happen.

 

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Problems could arise much sooner than predicted Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-11-09 21:00 -0600
  Re: Problems could arise much sooner than predicted Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2015-11-09 22:25 -0500
    Re: Problems could arise much sooner than predicted Bret Cahill <bretcahill@aol.com> - 2015-11-10 23:41 -0800
      Re: Problems could arise much sooner than predicted john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2015-11-11 00:52 -0800
        Re: Problems could arise much sooner than predicted Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-11-11 07:58 -0600
          Re: Problems could arise much sooner than predicted john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2015-11-11 06:57 -0800
            Re: Problems could arise much sooner than predicted benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-11-11 12:04 -0500
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  Re: Problems could arise much sooner than predicted gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-09 21:36 -0600
  Re: Problems could arise much sooner than predicted jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-10 03:35 +0000

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