Wet Bulb Dead Zones could make Parts of Middle East, Pakistan, Uninhabitable -- Even at Night

Wet Bulb Dead Zones could make Parts of Middle East, Pakistan, Uninhabitable -- Even at Night

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Last fall, NASA scientist Colin Raymond and colleagues published an article showing that contrary to expectations, deadly heat and humidity combinations occur along the Persian Gulf at night rather than only during the afternoon. In this part of the Middle East, temperatures are rising at double the average global rate (the climate breakdown is not smooth but affects each region of the earth differently). A combina…