Global warming pushes 2010 temperatures to record highs

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Scientists from two leading climate research centres publish "best evidence yet" of rising long-term global temperatures

Global temperatures in the first half of the year were the hottest since records began more than a century ago, according to two of the world's leading climate research centres. Scientists have also...

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