'We are way off-track': Europe tops 1.5C temperature rise in record-breaking summer

James Murray
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Credit: Copernicus Climate Change Service

Latest data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service confirms last month was the joint warmest August globally on record

Climate sceptics may have seized on the recent news from the Met Office that the UK has just experienced its coolest summer since 2015 to question the seriousness of climate change, but new global data...

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