Future temperature in southwest Asia projected to exceed a threshold for human adaptability

Jeremy S. Pal and Elfatih A. B. Eltahir ()
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Jeremy S. Pal: Loyola Marymount University
Elfatih A. B. Eltahir: Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Nature Climate Change, 2016, vol. 6, issue 2, 197-200

Abstract: Regional climate models for the Persian (Arabian) Gulf indicate that extremes of wet-bulb temperature—a measure of temperature and humidity—may exceed a critical threshold for human tolerance with implications for the future human habitability of the region.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2833

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