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Xiaojiang Xu1, Timothy P Rioux1, John W Castellani1
1Thermal and Mountain Medicine Division, U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, Massachusetts, United States.
Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)
|November 14, 2024
概括
气候变化威胁着人类的生活能力. 一个基于生理学的模型预测了人类生存的临界环境极限 (CEL),与现有数据达成一致,并有助于未来的气候影响评估.
科学领域:
- 环境科学环境科学
- 人类生理学 人类生理学
- 气候变化研究研究 气候变化研究
背景情况:
- 全球气温上升对人类健康和地区生活能力产生影响.
- 人类生存的临界环境极限 (CEL) 取决于温度和湿度.
- 现有的数据依赖于经验观测和生物物理模型.
研究的目的:
- 使用经过验证的基于生理学的温度调节模型,独立推导CEL.
- 评估不同活动水平对CEL的影响.
- 将模型衍生CEL与已公布的数据进行比较.
主要方法:
- 利用基于人类生理学的六热调节模型 (SCTM).
- 在各种温度和湿度条件下模拟持续的最小,轻度和中度活动.
- 生命能力定义为核心体温在6小时内不超过38°C ±0.25°C.
主要成果:
- 对于最小的活动,CEL范围从34°C/95%的RH到50°C/5%的RH.
- 预测的干热损失在14至-72W·m-2之间,蒸发热损失在39至104W·m-2.2之间.
- 模型衍生的CEL与经验观察和生物物理模型衍生的CEL密切结合.
结论:
- 基于生理学的SCTM有效地预测了人类的关键环境极限.
- 该模型对于评估气候变化对区域宜居性和人类迁移的影响有价值.
- 这项研究为了解和准备极端高温事件提供了坚实的生理基础.
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