‘A Worrying Signal’: It’s hot and only going to get hotter – Article by Peter Hannam

Annual global temperatures were the fourth highest on record in 2018, with the world in the midst of its hottest decade since reliable data has been collected, international agencies say.

The past five years have been the hottest for land and sea-surface temperatures, and last year came in 0.79 degrees above the 20th – century average, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in its annual summary.

Global temperature rises could see more deadly fires – even in places not known for the heat, such as Bolton, England (Pictured)

 

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