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🗓️ 15 July 2021
⏱️ 37 minutes
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A heat dome in the Western part of the continent reached 117 degrees. A town in British Columbia burned to the ground, and temperatures in Europe are shattering records. Climate change is here and it’s killing us. But it’s not just the heat. It’s the humidity. That’s why scientists are studying “wet bulb conditions”— or temperatures at which humans spontaneously die.
What, exactly, are “wet bulb” conditions and when do we need to start worrying about them? Can we do anything to stop them? Are people already dying? Here to answer these questions and more is Motherboard intern Audrey Carleton, who has been covering this for the site.
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0:22.6 | The package is being delivered. |
0:24.8 | A heat dome in the western part of the continent reached 117 degrees. |
0:30.0 | A town in British Columbia burned to the ground, and temperatures in Europe are shattering |
0:34.0 | records. |
0:35.1 | Climate change is here, and it's killing us. |
0:39.1 | But it's not just the heat, |
0:45.3 | it's the humidity. That's why scientists are studying wet bulb conditions or temperatures at which humans spontaneously die. In normal environmental conditions, when you sweat, that sweat evaporates |
0:51.7 | off your body. That effectively cools your skin off. But in a high humidity |
0:56.6 | environment, that sweat cannot evaporate properly. Because of that, it means that that sweat stays |
1:02.8 | on your skin. What exactly are wet bulb conditions? And when do we need to start worrying about |
1:09.7 | them? Can we do anything to stop them? |
1:11.6 | People already dying? Here to answer these questions and more is motherboard intern Audrey Carlton, |
1:17.8 | who's been covering this for the site. I'm Matthew Galt, in for Ben Maku, and this is Cyber. |
1:34.4 | Audrey, thank you so much for coming on to the show. |
1:36.9 | Yeah, thank you so much for having me. |
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