To my understanding we cool off via sweat by heating up the sweat and letting it evaporate off. That system should only function based on my understanding if the air is cooler than our skin. If that is the only system in play our body temp minimum should always be the temp of the outside air, making 110F weather fatal. What am I missing here?
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you just sweat more when it’s really hot to account for the loss of efficiency. This is what makes very hot weather dangerous. You can lose multiple pounds worth of water an hour without even doing anything, which also leads to lower levels of other things like sodium in your body.
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