Chad Thackeray explains heat threshold of human survival | Sustainable LA Grand Challenge

Katerina Jowid
August 18, 2022
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Publication: USA Today

UCLA Expert: Chad Thackeray: Assistant Researcher, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability; Climate Science Lead, Center for Climate Science

Synopsis: The article attempts to answer the questions “Was Earth ever hotter than this?” and “What is the hottest temperature a human can survive?”

UCLA News: Thackeray said that exposure to wet bulb temperatures (combined impacts of extreme temperature and humidity) of 95 degrees Fahrenheit or greater for at least six hours is the threshold for human survival.