WMO: 2025 set to be second or third warmest year on record

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WMO warns 'exceptionally high' warming trend is continuing, with the past three years now confirmed as the three hottest on record

This year is set to be either the second or third hottest year on record, following "an alarming streak of exceptional temperatures", according to new data published today by the World Meteorological Organisation...

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