Temperatures have been beating previous highs all over the world since April 2015. Global warming, coupled with the El Niño phenomenon have pushed the mercury up, scientists said. However Nasa's Gavin Schmidt added, “While El Niño gave a boost to global temperatures from last year October onward, it is the underlying trend that is producing these record numbers."
Schmidt's colleague Walt Meir believes that the global temperatures have been on the rise because of extreme temperatures over the Arctic. “This warmth as well as unusual weather patterns have led to the record-low sea ice extents so far this year."
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