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Year: 2014

2014 likely to be the warmest year ever recorded

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2014 looks increasingly likely to be the warmest year ever recorded in Europe, according to a new analysis of European temperature records dating back to the 1500s. What role did global warming play?

11 December, 2014 | Heatwave | Global

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