EARTH'S HOTTEST SUMMER

Europe cools but world is heating up

- DAN VEVERS

EARTH has been sweltering over its hottest summer on record this year.

The research by the EU's Copernicus weather service found global temperatures were more than 1.5C hotter than average - a key global warming threshold.

And although the UK had its coolest summer since 2015, much of Europe baked, with a temperature 1.54C above average setting a new record for a second straight year.

It comes as brutal heatwaves have brought misery across swathes of the US, Australia and Asia this year.