Persian Gulf: too hot for humans by 2100?

Agence France-Presse: Global warming could create peaks of humid heat in the Persian Gulf beyond human tolerance by century's end, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change. If greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated, heatwaves occurring on average once every 10 or 20 years would, by 2100, exceed the capacity of a young, healthy person to maintain a normal body temperature, the study found. Even annual summer heatwaves would become dangerous, especially for the elderly and very......

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