Last year was by far the hottest year on record, and in 2016 we’ve once again had some of the warmest months since record-keeping began in 1880, with temperatures well above long term global averages.
The results of climate change are numerous and devastating, from the melting of the polar ice caps to the rapid population decline of species like tigers and polar bears to recent reports that large sections of the Great Barrier Reef have been bleached by warmer waters and are dying off at alarming rates. Read more here at the Huffington Post UK