For over a decade, it was widely believed that the maximum wet bulb temperature that bodies could handle was 35 C — unlikely ...

But the air temperature isn't the only factor in how dangerous a hot day is; there's also another measure, called the wet-bulb temperature. The wet-bulb temperature accounts for both the ...

A more accurate reading of what it actually feels like is wet-bulb temperature, which is a combination of air temperature and humidity, the saturation of water in air. Wet bulb is assessed by ...

Their effect on our bodies can be measured through wet-bulb temperature. Wet-bulb temperature (WBT) is a measurement of dry air (or dry-bulb) temperature – what we typically read on a ...

The body has methods of maintaining a set temperature. Credit: Wikimedia Commons, CNX OpenStax, CC BY-SA 4.0 To understand the danger of a wet bulb event, we must first understand how our bodies work.

The analysis calculated an approximate form of “wet-bulb globe temperature,” a metric that combines temperature, humidity, sunlight and wind. Scientists consider it the gold standard for ...

Harvard researchers question the wet-bulb temperature survival threshold, suggesting it may be closer to 31°C instead of the widely accepted 35°C.

School sports tournaments and club activities across Japan may need to be canceled for much of the summer by the 2060s as ...