UK Met Office estimates 2016 will be at least as hot as 2015,which would mean the three hottest years ever had occurred in a row2016 is set to be the warmest year ever recorded, according to a forecast issued by the UK Met Office on Thursday.
Climate change and the peaking of the El Niño weather phenomenon are expected to drive the global average temperature next year above the record now certain to be set for 2015, and which itself beat a unique record set in 2014.
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Source: theguardian.com