World temperatures soar in February to highest ever levels

February's global temperature soared 1.35C above average and close to the UN Paris conference agreed 1.5C above pre-industrial levels maximum.

Gavin Schmidt, the director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies tweeted, "Normally I don't comment on individual months, but last month was special".

Man-made climate change and an unusually strong El Niño pattern in the Pacific Ocean are causing temperatures to soar globally, according to scientists.

BBC Weather's Chris Fawkes explains more on Global on BBC World.

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