How hot is too hot for humans? Understanding wet-bulb temperatures

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Wet-bulb temperatures prevent the body from cooling down. Modelling suggests that if society we don’t bring down greenhouse gas emissions, wet-bulb temperatures could regularly exceed dangerous benchmarks in parts of the world this century. 

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