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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/CelloMomOnCars/statuses/113073446415211690">CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Sep-2024 01:08:59 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@CelloMomOnCars" title="cellomomoncars@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/96627-48-20230209202824.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="CelloMom On Cars" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">CelloMom On Cars</a><div><a href="https://mastodon.social/@CelloMomOnCars/113073407310477569" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a></div></section><article><p>This experiment was really necessary, and its results do not bode well for older people on a heating planet. If you compare the two graphs you can see why it is that especially older people die in a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/heatwave" rel="tag">#heatwave</a>. </p><p>Do read the whole article, a great in-plain-English explanation of the science of human heat resilience.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-02/deadly-heat-limits-tested-in-world-first-human-experiment/104242788" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-02/deadly-heat-limits-tested-in-world-first-human-experiment/104242788</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3613898#notice-7086406">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-09-05T01:08:59+09:00" title="Thursday, 05-Sep-2024 01:08:59 JST">about 3 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@CelloMomOnCars/113073446415211690" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@CelloMomOnCars/113073446415211690">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/3122537">Graph showing where a combination of heat and humidity becomes deadly for young healthy people: The threshold is lower than the "wet-bulb" temperature of 35C.</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/073/420/977/186/734/original/8b90d42cbb0273e7.png" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/073/420/977/186/734/original/8b90d42cbb0273e7.png</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/3122538">Graph showing where a combination of heat and humidity becomes deadly for older people: The threshold is MUCH lower than the "wet-bulb" temperature of 35C, especially at high temperatures</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/073/420/188/401/428/original/7ae71e400035f1fd.png" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/073/420/188/401/428/original/7ae71e400035f1fd.png</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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CelloMom On Cars (cellomomoncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Sep-2024 01:08:59 JST CelloMom On Cars
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This experiment was really necessary, and its results do not bode well for older people on a heating planet. If you compare the two graphs you can see why it is that especially older people die in a #heatwave.
Do read the whole article, a great in-plain-English explanation of the science of human heat resilience.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-02/deadly-heat-limits-tested-in-world-first-human-experiment/104242788
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1. Graph showing where a combination of heat and humidity becomes deadly for young healthy people: The threshold is lower than the "wet-bulb" temperature of 35C.
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2. Graph showing where a combination of heat and humidity becomes deadly for older people: The threshold is MUCH lower than the "wet-bulb" temperature of 35C, especially at high temperatures
  https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/073/420/188/401/428/original/7ae71e400035f1fd.png

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