'Climate change is already here': Spate of UK climate records sent tumbling in 2023

Cecilia Keating
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Met Office report catalogues yet another year of 'interesting' and 'significant' weather, with a spate of temperature records sent tumbling across the UK in 2023

A spate of worrying UK climate records were sent tumbling once again last year, when the country experienced not only its second warmest year, but also its hottest ocean surface temperatures, its warmest...

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