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Record summer temperatures set world on course for hottest year ever

A sign warns of hot asphalt temperatures for pets in Los Angeles, California. The US state has been hit by a powerful heatwave this week [Mario Tama/Getty Images via AFP]

Summer temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere were the highest ever recorded, making it likely that this year could emerge as Earth’s hottest ever, according to the European Union’s climate change monitor.

Data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) on Friday followed a season of heatwaves around the world that scientists said were intensified by human-driven climate change.

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