What is the effect, high humidity in the air, for humans?
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Our body’s most effective means of cooling down is by evaporating water. We do this by sweating, covering our skin with water that takes energy from us in the form of heat when it “boils” off.
If there’s a lot of humidity in the air, our sweat won’t evaporate as fast, and if the humidity in the air is 100% it won’t evaporate at all, meaning we cannot cool down and heat stroke is inevitable.
Other than that it doesn’t affect much. Our skin gets less dry. It may increase the risk of certain types of skin infections because fungi and bacteria need moisture to survive.
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