Emerging Hot Spots (IMAGE)

Columbia Climate School

Emerging Hot Spots

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A new study shows that extreme, sometimes potentially fatal, mixtures of heat and humidity are emerging across the globe. This map shows documented instances, with hotter colors from yellow to red signifying the worst combinations as measured on the Centigrade "wet bulb" scale. An interactive version of this map is at https://bit.ly/2SA6KXq

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Map by Jeremy Hinsdale; adapted from Raymond et al., Science Advances, 2020

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