In its latest report, the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) is alarming.
Already two regions in the world would be uninhabitable due to climatic conditions.
The heat and humidity of these areas would make human life difficult, reports
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Jakobabad, Pakistan, and Ras Al Khaimah, in the Persian Gulf, are affected.
There, temperatures can reach 35 ° C with a humidity of 90%.
A cocktail that can be fatal because the body struggles to regulate itself.
“In contact with dry air, sweat evaporates, and it is this evaporation that refreshes us.
In air saturated with humidity, sweat has difficulty evaporating, resulting in the body overheating, ”explains journalist Valérie Heurtel.
Consequences on the body
Living in such extreme conditions can have serious consequences, with an interior temperature rising.
"We can start to have vision problems, dizziness, neurological disorders, it can end in coma, convulsions, and it can lead to serious cardiac or renal complications
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according to a sports cardiologist.
Even more alarming: this disruption comes well in advance.
Climatologists had predicted wet heatwaves, but in 30 years.
And the weather records for the past 40 years would be worrying, since other regions could quickly be affected.
China and a large part of India are affected.
The tropics and coastal areas are of particular concern.
There, the heat mixes with the evaporation from the sea. Another reason for reducing greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.
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