Scientists have stated that the heat on Earth will reach extreme meanings that are dangerous even for young people, when heated by the world, by two degrees Celsius. Dangerous values \u200b\u200bwill be observed in the territory whose dimensions can be compared with the United States, reports Science Alert. The third sushi will be too hot for people over 60 years old.
Climate change leads to an increase in the number of deadly heat waves around the world, creating the conditions that are outside what a person can withstand. Last year, more than 1300 people died during the pilgrimage of Hajj in Saudi Arabia, where the temperature reached 51.8 degrees Celsius.
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During a new study, scientists studied the effect of scorching heat on the human body. . At the same time, residents of North Africa and South Asia are at risk.
In their study, scientists considered both dangerous and unbearable levels of heat, when the temperature rises to 42 degrees Celsius within six hours.
The study came to the conclusion that in the period from 1994 to 2023, heat and humidity reached unsafe levels for people under the age of 60 in territories equivalent to approximately 2% of sushi. For the elderly, this area increased to 20% of land.
The leading author of the study by Tom Matthew from the Royal College of London said that the study emphasizes the “potentially deadly consequences” of the increase in the average Earth temperature two degrees Celsius above the pre -industrial level.
The Paris Climate Agreement provided for the restriction of the growth of the global temperature “significantly lower” of two degrees Celsius, preferably up to 1.5 degrees. But 2024 was the first when the temperature on the planet rose 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre -industrial level.
Scientists have found that when warming two degrees Celsius, the Sushi area dangerous to young people will reach 6%. People over 60 years old will be at risk of about a third of sushi.
Survival thresholds, which have so far been exceeded only by a short time for people over 60 years old in the hottest regions of the planet, can also affect young people in hot regions with a very high level of global warming.
“In such conditions, a long -term stay in the open air - even for those who are in the shade, with a strong wind and drink a lot of water - can, as expected, cause a lethal heat stroke,” Matthew said.
Thermal stress occurs when the natural cooling systems of the body are overloaded. He can cause dizziness and headaches, as well as stopping the work of organs and even death.
Earlier, scientists said that the oceans of the Earth are heated with a growing speed, which indicates that global warming is accelerated. According to researchers, the ocean warming has accelerated by more than four times since the 1980s and will probably accelerate in the future.