Climate change could drive Summer Olympics farther north
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.0210079
Nature : Temperature, humidity, and wind speed can significantly affect people who are outdoors running races and competing in other physical activities. Through the use of climate modeling and a measure of human heat stress called the wet-bulb globe temperature, Kirk Smith of the University of California, Berkeley, and his colleagues predict which cities in the Northern Hemisphere, home to 90% of the world’s population, will be the most likely candidates to host a Summer Olympic Games over the next century. They found that by 2088, just 33 cities will meet the criteria. Twenty-five are located in western Europe, and more than half of those are in the UK.
