Texas could possibly have fewer "outdoor days" soon as the effects of climate change continue to worsen, a new tool from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology predicted.
The MIT's Global Outdoor Days indicator estimated that Texas will lose a month and a half of "outdoor days" by 2080 as the temperature becomes too hot for people to casually walk outside.
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The Lone Star State will not be the only state in the US that will bear the brunt of the warming climate in the near future.
Illinois is also predicted to lose more than a month of outdoor days, while New York and Massachusetts could lose a week or more.
Places near the equator where the climate is already much hotter are expected to lose more healthy days in the open amid rising sea levels and humidity.
Worse cases are in India, Mexico, and Nigeria, all of which could lose more than two months during the summer season.
The study was first reported by TechCrunch.
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Heatwaves Expected to Increase in Near Future
Warmer temperatures are particularly bad for places like Texas where heatwaves are already common to kill many people.
Just last year, Texas recorded more than 300 deaths caused by heatwaves, the highest number to date since the state started tracking the casualties in 1989.
With an El Niño expected to hit this year, the state is bracing for more health-related implications of the heatwaves amplified with more arid weather.
Climate Change Could Impact Global Timekeeping: Study
Outdoor days are not the only major impact global warming could greatly affect in many countries as efforts to curb greenhouse gases ultimately fail.
Another recently published study from science journal Nature suggests that global warming could also affect global timekeeping.
According to the study, the increased melting of ice sheets slightly slows down the Earth's rotation as it subtracts seconds each year, shortening each day and night.
While the impact of these melting ice sheets has minimal impact in today's time, it could impact automated clocks around the world in the future if not mitigated.
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