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For the first time, humans were exposed to a deadly combination of heat and humidity. Here's how long they lasted - ABC News (www.abc.net.au)

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[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So it’s more like ~35C, but it used to be 40? Is that because of constant heat exposure? Like, is my heat tolerance better in the winter?

[–] admin@lemmy.haley.io 6 points 2 weeks ago

It seems like it used to be 35° but now it’s ~34°.

I don’t have access to the actually study but I would hypothesize that it’s likely because we are seeing more studies about things like this and as we collect more data that’s changing these values to be closer to what we see in the real world.