The world has warmed 1.4 degrees since pre-industrial times. Warming has been faster over land, and particularly fast over Europe.
All of which are fuelling UK temperatures in May of 34+ degrees, numbers that were unthinkable when I was born
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
The prospect of comfortably beating the current record (32.8C) is "bonkers", according to BBC Weather's Simon King.