2016 set to be hottest year on record - WMO

The world is set to notch up a new heat record in 2016 after a sizzling 2015 as global warming stokes more floods and rising sea levels, the UN weather agency said.

2016 on track to be world's hottest year on record

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Thursday warned global temperatures for the first six months of this year shattered more records, meaning 2016 is on track to be the world's hottest year on record.

Summer 2015 the hottest on record (NOAA)

This summer has been the hottest on record, he National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said yesterday.

2015, 2016 to become hottest years on record

Possible big changes in key global climate system suggest that global temperatures in 2015 and 2016 are set to reach record high levels, according to new research published Monday by the Met Office, Britain's official weather agency.