The world has experienced its hottest day on record, according to meteorologists.

The average global temperature reached 17.01C (62.62F) on Monday, according to the US National Centres for Environmental Prediction.

The figure surpasses the previous record of 16.92C (62.46F) - set back in August 2016.

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    1081 year ago

    Don’t worry, I’m sure if we all keep doing the same thing this will sort itself out.

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      421 year ago

      How about we go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for all of this to blow over.

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      141 year ago

      Just add a little nuclear winter and we’re good. So there might be a little radioactive fallout, that’s just a problem for the poors to deal with. Billionaires will be okay in their acre sized underground bunker clubs and that’s what’s important.

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        51 year ago

        I know it’s a joke but I actually looked into it and it turns out that nuclear winter only reduces temperature in the short term - the effects wear off and you’d just get hit with global warming abruptly when it wears off. I guess it could potentially buy some time to implement carbon capture or something.

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        91 year ago

        Seriously the green rhetoric needs to change. The planet is going to be fine. Humans aren’t.

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      41 year ago

      Just bury our heads in the sand, then our torsos, then while you are at it, might as well just start living underground.