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World heat shatters records in 2016 in new sign of global warming

Last year was the hottest on record by a wide margin, with temperatures creeping close to a ceiling set by almost 200 nations for limiting global warming, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Thursday. 

Next two years hottest, says Met Office

 The next two years could be the hottest on record globally, says research from the UK's Met Office.

UK's warmest year on record predicted

This year could be the UK's warmest for almost 250 years as measured by the world's oldest temperature record, say researchers.