The temperature threshold the human body can't survive

New research says this dangerous wet bulb temperature is happening sooner than we thought.
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#climatechange #heatwaves #science

[@Grist]

Hey folks! If you're wanting Celsius conversions, we added those to the captions. We'll ensure future videos are more accessible. Thank you and 95ºF = 35ºC

[@Prometeo59]

It's not just 95, also 120 and all the other temperatures mentioned. Internet is for all, not just for a niche population using their own units. Making it more accessible brings down walls.

[@hertswatfordnascot]

Please always use celsius as default, not american-only farenheit

[@7isthe1uckynumber]

95 degrees Fahrenheit = 35 degrees Celsius

[@Psychol-Snooper]

-40 degrees Fahrenheit = -40 degrees Celsius

[@mo_4eyez437]

A couple of days ago it reached 51 in kuwait

[@dratelectasis]

Sweating is ineffective at 75 % humidity and above

[@PolishBehemoth]

hmmm... challenge accepted 😊

[@daryly7136]

Please include small °c next time. Not everyone uses Fahrenheit! Otherwise excellent.

[@fj103]

Good idea!!!

[@Grist]

Thanks for the feedback! We just added conversions in the captions.

[@adrianbjones]

No-one uses Fahrenheit except for the US, Liberia and Myanmar. Talk about living in the dark ages :)

[@daryly7136]

This is why I love Grist!!!! Just waiting for some non american content ;)

[@harrysmith6252]

@@adrianbjones yeah the US is definitely in the dark ages, they only invented flight, the internet, and electricity…

[@djp1234]

Interesting. I always wondered how people don't get air fried when they ride motorcycles in 100 degree weather. I guess it all has to do with humidity.

[@rey6708]

yes humidity is way more important then temperature.

[@wingman358]

A large part of the southern US is now crossing the threshold above 95°F wet bulb temperature. How does this compare to predictions? Where will we see the threshold crossed next? When might large population centers like NYC, LA, or global cities see the threshold crossed?

[@EliFlores-fe5cd]

what if your father on a dare agreed to be in a environment that got to 495° wet bulb tempature as his whole body ignited like an ectoplasmic light ornament and everything inside was erupting over the intense he and he let out a roar " SAAAN""" trying to call out to you be alas in seconds he was turnt to dust in an alt univrse wwyd?

[@rootzero]

​@@EliFlores-fe5cd 💕❤️💫✨️🌟✨️💫❤️💕

[@JamesAnthonyL-88]

Here in NC, it's very hot, humid and muggy. High due point with high humidity and temperatures. It's already bad this year again

[@paxundpeace9970]

Even in Canada around Vancouver this happend recently

[@braedantaylor5124]

Man lemme tell ya this channel doesn't get enough clout

[@johnbooth5297]

Damn I never thought this would happen on the Eastern shore Maryland July 2023 no wonder so many people have been having issues with heart rate and heat exhaustion

[@thebreakerofwalls9036]

2023 says hold my beer... 2 months of 100+ degree weather in Southern USA. Now we may start to care...

[@ponyxpress3]

Central Texas only got rain 2 times this summer. It’s humid af here and has been forever., The elites are pushing their climate change bs agenda. Weather has only been measured for 100 years. I’d rather suffer in Texas heat than live anywhere else!

[@ili626]

Excellent explainer and visual aids

[@user-bp8yg3ko1r]

Great and very important piece!

[@braedantaylor5124]

Can y'all explain wim hoff?

[@micsunday14]

faranheit? what is that ? are you guys from the 1500's?

[@Wasattsi]

The entirety of the United States uses Fahrenheit. This video was made by an American. Not hard to put two and two together.

[@rootzero]

Thank you for making it easy to understand ❤

[@shinchanninja]

Would this heat also affect the people in thise countries which use celcius?

[@Mikeofindy]

awesome video thanks for sharing

[@Grist]

Thanks for watching!

[@imthedudemane]

I have a plan

[@TheLtVoss]

Mhm lets say i have experience with that temp +humidity /higher temps with lower humidity over many years and one day is just burned in my mind we had to 38°C with 79% relativ humidity and i had too wore my full work outfit (see profile pic) and yeah im kinda lucky i didn't have a heat stroke / passed out / dieded (big pools of molten metal are dangerous if you faint ) well end of the day i poured my boots out about 100 ml sweat what wasnst avsobed by the shoes and well my body was red from the extended blood vessels under the skin (too radiate heat away last resort for our body ) and the thermometer i got for our job side doctor read 41,3 °C soo yeha close enough (for me at least )

[@wisdomlounge4452]

It's getting hard to tell if it's climate change that people are feeling OR it's simply their own body temperatures naturally increasing from having to work harder, longer hours to keep up with the inflation (that we're not supposed to talk about) that is outpacing wage increases.

[@shiftology]

What is "Fahrenheit"?

[@Psychol-Snooper]

When a ladder is really really tall.

[@bj.bruner]

Human temperature. Celsius is science temperature

[@imthejman85]

I live in deep south Alabama where temperatures routinely hit mid 90's and low 100's with 50-80% humidity. Nothing new learned in this video I guess.

[@kriswillman2779]

Even at those levels the wet bulb is below the 95 threshold but still very bad. 100F at 83% humidity causes a 95+ wet bulb. That doesn't lead to instantaneous death either obviously. It'll still take a few hours exposed to those temperatures before most people succumb to heat related death.

[@dayofthejackyl]

Typical smugness of a dumb southerner

[@bugoobiga]

4:00 declining, since 2010, whew!

[@tabsntoot]

Never have to consider it here in England. It rains and gales 300 days of year

[@qweglit]

i dont get it because a large majority of countries reach higher temperatures than 95. and people dont die.

[@giulibi]

but the humidity is lower, so it's not that much of a problem that's the whole point of the video

[@sovietgergerd]

Bro, did you even watch the video? They explain the importance of humidity in relation to heat and why it's the combination of the two, web bulb, that matters in determining the fatality/health effect of temperature

[@Tasmantor]

adding to the other 2 comments, Just because it's that temperature and humidity outside doesn't mean people are all living in that. In the west (and increasingly all over) most people hop from air conditioned car to air conditioned building and on;y expose them selves to the extremes for short duration's. There are also the mentioned water parks that can keep you cool enough to survive but heat waves regularly kill people.

[@EmeraldView]

Too late.

[@jeffreybower5959]

sweat does NOT cool me down🤣🤣🤣🤣!! i need a fan or just dirnk cold water to cool down and i actually sleep with the fan on!!

[@aromaticsnail]

Only less than 5% of the World understands that gibberish units. Please include Celsius. It's almost like people think the US is not already on the SI (hint: veritasium - is america actually metric?)

[@Psychol-Snooper]

You are on a US website. You should be thankful that the US invites you into their home. XD

[@starmax1000]

@@Psychol-Snooper KZbin, as well as the entire internet are international at this point, yes many things may have started off in the US, but nowadays audiences and content creators are from all over the world. Don't act like the US id the center of the world, after all it's just a part of it.

[@Psychol-Snooper]

@@starmax1000 Could you hear the whooshing sound?

[@starmax1000]

@@Psychol-Snooper not really, when I've encountered dozens of people with this actual viewpoint one gets used to giving them a reality check xd

[@geegee952]

Y'all really did a video about temperature and didnt even mention celsius

[@chasl3645]

😂 Spending half my working career behind an asphalt paver I usher you nothing gets hotter than that by 3:00 in the afternoon. You can just about mold your hard hat with your hands. If it didn't kill us. You'll be all right. They need to stop screwing with the weather. See how that works for a while.

[@ausxau]

High heat and humidity in KSA and Bahrain is nothing new. This isn't remarkable news.

[@HOOOPER]

You didn't watch the video

[@neichmoreno1930]

Please use Celsius

[@zcorpalpha2462]

No USA 🇺🇸 USA 🇺🇸 USA 🇺🇸 🤪

[@atheerasmri4626]

It’s called Arabian Gulf.

[@MassiveRam]

It was 98f today i worked in the direct sun no problem if you die from being outside i guess its natural selection

[@Tasmantor]

what was the humidity? also good luck to you and the survivors in the new hot world.

[@shirataful]

Came here only to complain about not caring for 95% of the world metric system 🙄

[@shannonspage9360]

It is obviously a video made by Americans on an American platform. Just like Americans have to convert measurements when given in metric, others can easily convert to metric as well. Typically though all things medical or science related usually uses the metric system, even in America.

[@Da__goat]

When the humidity rate is so high, it rains. It’s not instant death, you can easily solve the problem by just standing in the shade, drinking a little water. Not shocking these extremes are in places where the desert is the most common feature, that also sit in the middle of a valley, just like LA, it amplifies the heat island. In third world countries, like those shown, people dump garbage and chemicals everywhere, which isn’t helping.

[@Petra44YT]

Thumbs down for NOT converting Fahrenheit to Celsius!!! Get off your high horse, the U.S. is only ONE country, and almost ALL of the others are using Celsius.

[@Prometeo59]

I was interested in the topic and then farenheit told me that this video didn't want me so I left.

[@NN-nd7dx]

This is BS. I've lived in hot humid climates my entire life and never had an issue. Just drink lots of water, no issues.

[@spongeintheshoe]

Not _this_ hot and humid.

[@shannonspage9360]

There isn't an issue if the person has the ability and means to cool down.

[@Rivulet4590]

I don't believe that "scientists thought it would only happen in a doomsday like climate warming event" when this has happened multiple times hundreds of years ago in places like Spain back when the world was much warmer than it is now to the point where here in England, we had a mediterranean climate and the romans used to grow grapes in Cumbria which is too cold to grow apples and tomatoes now.

[@DoNotEatPoo]

Finally a youtube presentation in Fahrenheit.