Since our bodies are constantly creating heat, that heat must be conducted away into the surroundings, or we will overheat.
The rate we conduct heat into the surroundings (ignoring the evaporation of sweat) is proportional to the difference in temperature between our skin and the air. That means if our skin temperature is 80 F, and the air is 90 F, the air would actually be dumping more heat into our bodies.
Fortunately, we are equipped with sweat glands. The evaporation of sweat carries large amounts of heat out of our bodies.
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Since our bodies are constantly creating heat, that heat must be conducted away into the surroundings, or we will overheat.
The rate we conduct heat into the surroundings (ignoring the evaporation of sweat) is proportional to the difference in temperature between our skin and the air. That means if our skin temperature is 80 F, and the air is 90 F, the air would actually be dumping more heat into our bodies.
Fortunately, we are equipped with sweat glands. The evaporation of sweat carries large amounts of heat out of our bodies.
it all depends in the relative humidity