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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

That is because high humidity levels increase the wet bulb temperature, which can be deadly beyond a point. What is wet bulb temperature? The temperature commonly reported in weather forecasts is ...

Their study, published last week in the science journal PNAS, confirmed that this dangerous threshold is much lower than scientists had previously thought: a so-called wet-bulb temperature ...

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