"Wet Bulb 35" was what Kim Stanley Robinson labeled it in The Ministry of the Future, where his book opens with an episode of such temperatures killing millions of people, setting the stage for the climate crisis finally creating deep anger and a commitment to drastic action in many people.
🔥Hotter than the human body can handle
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) June 28, 2021
🇵🇰@benfarmerDT visited Jacobabad - a city in Pakistan that was one of the hottest places on the planet.
This is what he found ~ 🧵👇https://t.co/J3pcpvsSkt pic.twitter.com/FNb9J3AYFm
Here the humidity has been in the 20-25% range and wet bulb temperatures have only been around 70°F (21-22°C).
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