What is happening when a person acclimates, like to a new climate?
In: Biology
Do you mean like what happens when we move from Canada to Florida and have to get used to the heat?
In terms of the heat, your body has a hormone which tells your cells “bro you gotta go…you gotta burn energy” one effect of that hormone is that you start producing a ton of heat. So when you move to a hot climate, your body slowly produces less of it. (Thyroid hormone)
You also start to sweat more, and in order to make sure you don’t run out of salt, your sweat becomes watery. That lets you survive in the heat longer and you either start drinking more water to compensate or your kidney will start concentrating your urine to prevent dehydration .
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