alt Hacker NewsI was also going to mention wet bulb temperatures as well. As horrible as the conditions described in the article is, it describes a very dry heat. Which means sweating and water can still help.
The really scary thing will be when the wet bulb temperature goes above 35 degrees, and humans can only survive with AC.
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lmm • today at 1:34 AM
> The really scary thing will be when the wet bulb temperature goes above 35 degrees, and humans can only survive with AC.
That's already an everyday reality in Singapore.
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For what it's worth they can live under ground [1][2], even build cities but they would have had to start that project some time ago. Before someone says it, yeah not everywhere and its not for everyone but in enough places and for enough people that we can adapt to heat and at least survive as a civilization.
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coober_Pedy
[2] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsYmw6FtSIA Wyoming Trona mines