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What Is “Wet Bulb Temperature”?

This year is on track to become Earth’s hottest on record, surpassing the previous record holder 2023. As the world grapples with its failure to act on climate change, temperatures are projected to ...
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What is ‘wet bulb’ temperature? How heat and humidity combine to dangerous levels

Extreme levels of heat and humidity are forecast to spread across the country over the next two weeks, blanketing the Southwest, Midwest, and East Coast with high temperatures beginning this June 19 ...
The Hindu

Explained | What is relative humidity and why does it matter on a hot day?

Relative humidity is a simple concept as weather phenomena go – but it has significant, far-reaching consequences for how we must take care of ourselves on a hot or wet day. Humidity is the amount of ...
The Economist

The increasing frequency of fatal wet-bulb temperatures

WHEN A DEADLY heatwave hits India’s northern plains, some 20m people are killed by persistent “wet-bulb” temperatures of more than 35°C (95°F). That is the plot of “The Ministry For the Future”, Kim ...
Reuters

Explainer: How is climate change driving dangerous 'wet-bulb' temperatures?

LONDON, Aug 9 (Reuters) - A dangerous combination of heat and humidity is sweeping the Gulf region this week, hitting cities from Dubai to Doha. Dubai, for example, is forecast to see air temperatures ...