'Tale of towering temperatures' point toward hottest year ever

A

s global temperatures in this super El Nino year march ever higher, there's one certainty in the chancy world of weather prediction: 2015 will be the hottest year ever recorded.

As tens of thousands of leaders and delegates prepare to descend on terror-struck Paris for a global summit to fight climate change, the world's leading meteorological agencies are reporting an unwavering tale of towering temperatures.

Read Peter Hannam’s story in today’s Melbourne Age - “2015 will be the hottest year ever recorded, weather agencies say.”