"Hot and humid temperatures in South Asia, which contains one-fifth of the global population, will exceed the upper limit of human survivability by the late 21st century, scientists project, underscoring an urgent need to adopt alternative strategies on top of those currently proposed to alleviate climate change-induced temperature extremes. In 2015, the fifth deadliest heat wave in recorded history affected large parts of India and Pakistan, claiming around 3,500 lives. Many studies in South Asia have charted the trajectory of heat waves linked to climate change and their impact on human health; however, the forecast of "wet-bulb temperature," or a measure of temperature, humidity and the human body's ability to cool down in response, is not yet clear. After running high-resolution simulations under two climate scenarios, Eun-Soon Im and colleagues reveal wet-bulb temperatures are projected to approach the survivability threshold (35 degrees Celsius) over most of South Asia, and exceed it at a few locations, by the end of the century under a business-as-usual (BAU) scenario, while reaching dangerous levels (over 31 Celsius) under a mitigation scenario (roughly comparable to the goals pledged by the 2015 UN Conference on Climate Change). "
"American Association for the Advancement of Science"

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-08/aaft-isa073117.php

35ºC Wet-bulb? They need to get out more. Visit Malaysia and Singapore. Actually probably live there for a couple of years.

And Business-As-Usual? More of he RCP8.5 crap. RCP8.5 was a worst case scenario, NOT BAU.

Unforgiven wrote on Aug 4^th, 2017 at 3:30pm: