Weather

Axios - With record-high temperatures becoming the norm, humans are more regularly hitting the threshold of our ability to cope with heat. Nearly 190 million were under some form of heat advisory or warning as of Monday afternoon, Axios' Alex Fitzpatrick reports.

The body typically cools itself through a mixture of sweat and evaporation, as well as the constriction and dilation of different veins to move blood around and transport heat from the core to other parts and then be released, he said.

Certain groups face a disproportionate burden of extreme weather due to factors such as income, education, health care access and housing, according to the EPA.

A 2022 study from Penn State researchers found that 87° F at 100% humidity was the maximum for young healthy individuals to adequately regulate. Another recent study suggests a range between 104° F and 122° F — depending on the humidity — is the threshold, NBC News reported.

• A person can start developing heat illness at even lower temperatures than that depending on age, health, the ability to regularly find relief and even the medications they're on.  Read the rest