The Met Office has said we are living in ‘extraordinary’ and ‘unprecedented’ times
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The new record has smashed the one previously set in 2018
A cold spell between Christmas and New Year could make it a close call, but 2025 rivals 2022 in being the warmest year on record
This year will also likely round out the first three-year period in which the average global temperature exceeded 1.5C
The previous record has been smashed with two weeks still to go
Met Office says temperatures are tracking ahead of 2022 after year of heatwaves and drought, though late cold spell could yet…
Scientists have repeatedly warned of the increasingly severe impacts of higher warming
