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.
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