The Dim Bulb Point

Timothy Birdnow

From the drool cup department:

Study Projects Global Warming Could Make Survival in Tropics Impossible

From the Newsmax article:

Limiting global warming to targets proposed in the Paris Agreement could keep tropical regions from reaching temperatures that are beyond human tolerability, a new study projects.

Researchers estimate that if countries are able to cap warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the tropics will be spared temperatures that surpass the "survival limit." But life in the world's hottest latitudes could become intolerable if those controls aren't met.

The study focused on a measure called wet-bulb temperature, which accounts for heat and humidity, and is similar to what weather watchers know as the heat index.

"The general idea is, the body doesn't just respond to temperature, it responds to humidity," said Kristina Dahl, a climate scientist who was not involved in the study.

The body cools itself primarily through sweating and the evaporation of sweat from the skin, Dahl explained. At a certain heat-humidity point, she said, it becomes "thermodynamically difficult" for that to happen.

Scientists believe that a wet-bulb temperature of 35 degrees C is the upper limit of human tolerance. It's akin to a heat index of 160 degrees Fahrenheit.

People vary in how much heat they can stand. But at a wet-bulb temperature of 35 degrees C, anyone lingering outdoors would be in trouble.

Dim bulb temperature is more like it. These dimwits don't seem to realize we have had no temperature increase for twenty years now. That scarcely matters to these pinheads.

They don't seem to realize planetary temperatures were much higher during any number of periods in history, such as the Neproterozoic or the Jurassic, and life flourished very well. Even the middle Holocene was warmer than it is now.

Ever heard of air conditioners?

Another fantasy disaster, like Covid or Nuclear Winter or the Ozone Hole or dioxin or Alar or Global Cooling.

Human intelligence is dropping to low to comprehend it's own stupidity.

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