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For most people, deciphering the impact of rising temperatures on their everyday lives isn’t easy. Global warming of 1.5C or 2C on average is hard to imagine. To try and solve this problem, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have come up with an innovative new way to measure this real-life change and predict its long-term effects. Using data from 50 different climate models, they charted how the number of ‘outdoor days’ in various destinations around the world will go up or down by 2100. These ‘outdoor days’ refer to periods of 24 hours when temperatures are pleasan…

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