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Global temperatures in 2020 among highest on record, says WMO report
WMO said the differences in average global temperatures among the three warmest years, 2016, 2019 and 2020, were indistinguishably small
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Vulnerable to rise in temperature, India needs to take heatwave seriously
Extreme heat is already killing more people than reported. By 2030, it could also result in productivity loss equivalent to 34 million jobs, writes Bhasker Tripathi
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Australia's bushfires circle Sydney as temperatures soar, 1 found dead
Some major roads heading to the south and west from Sydney were closed for part of the day and authorities asked people to delay travel at the start of the Christmas holiday period
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Another decade, another record: 2010s hottest in history, says UN
Each of the last four decades has been hotter than the last
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Hottest July ever! 65% Indians were exposed to heatwaves in May-June 2019
But 2015 saw the worst heatwave in India since 1992, striking areas from Delhi to Telangana and killing 2,081 people. It was the fifth deadliest in world history
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July 2019 was hottest month on record, 2015-19 warmest five years ever: EU
Searing heatwaves saw records tumble across Europe last month, with unusually high temperatures within the Arctic Circle as well
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Think only world is heating up? Our body is hitting close to thermal limits
When the air temperature exceeds 35°C, the body relies on the evaporation of water - mainly through sweating - to keep core temperature at a safe level
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Wildfires and heatwaves plague Europe; mercury at record levels kills 7
The World Meteorological Organization said this week that 2019 was on track to be among the world's hottest years, and 2015-2019 would then be the hottest five-year period on record
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2018 fourth-hottest year since 1880; Earth set to get warmer, says Nasa
Warming trends are strongest in the Arctic region, where 2018 saw the continued loss of sea ice
First half of this year 2nd hottest in 137 yrs of record-keeping on Earth
This was the second highest value for January-June in the 1880-2017 record
