What To Know: Wet-Bulb Temperature

Name: What To Know: Wet-Bulb Temperature
Uploaded: 2022-10-04T14:53:37Z
Duration: 1 min 26 s
Description: Heat impacts the human body much more than dry air temperature. The wet-bulb temperature, or the WBT, measures heat and humidity. A healthy person can withstand a wet-bulb temperature of 35 degrees C for only 6 hours. After this, our body’s core temperature starts rising, and our organs can start to fail. But how does the wet-bulb temperature matter for surviving climate change?

Heat impacts the human body much more than dry air temperature. The wet-bulb temperature, or the WBT, measures heat and humidity. A healthy person can withstand a wet-bulb temperature of 35 degrees C for only 6 hours. After this, our body’s core temperature starts rising, and our organs can start to fail. But how does the wet-bulb temperature matter for surviving climate change?