Earth smashes record for heat in May

Driven by exceptionally warm ocean waters, Earth smashed a record for heat in May and is likely to keep on breaking high temperature marks, US experts say.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said May’s average temperature on Earth of 15.54C (59.93F) beat the old record set four years ago.

In April, the globe tied the 2010 high for that month, in records going back to 1880.