A record-breaking string of hot years since 2000 is a sign of man-made global warming, says a new study, and there is a decreasing chance it was caused by random, natural swings.

The world is likely to see a return to rapid warming in the next couple of years, scientists said, in what could signal the end of the “pause” in rising global temperatures. 

The globe is on a hot streak, setting a heat record in June for the second month in a row.

There is a strong chance an El Nino weather event will reappear before the end of the year, a UN agency has warned.

Much of the extreme weather that wreaked havoc in Asia, Europe and the Pacific region last year can be blamed on human-induced climate change, the UN weather agency has said.

Summer ice is melting at a faster rate in the Antarctic Peninsular than at any time in the last 1,000 years, research has shown.

Global food prices that jumped in July may extend gains if an El Nino weather pattern develops or if importers begin hoarding supplies, the World Bank said.

CLIMATE change has likely intensified the monsoon rains that have triggered record floods in Australia’s Queensland state, scientists said yesterday, with several months of heavy rain and storms still to come.

PEOPLE who live near rivers, and residents of low-lying areas in general, are discovering to their cost that global warming is no longer a subject confined to the realms of academic debate.

GLOBAL warming could be returning the world to the way it was four million years ago — when sea levels were 80ft higher than they are today, scientists have warned.

Record extremes in weather and climate will become increasingly common as temperatures rise because of climate change, the United Nations weather agency said today.

At least 13 people have been killed in the western United States after a deadly El Nino storm brought five days of rain and high winds to the Pacific Coast.

Robert Evans, Geneva

El Nino, the weather phenomenon that killed thousands on its last appearance, is returning in weakened form.

Weather systems such as El Nino and La Nina have triggered a plant life explosion in the sea which can be seen from space.