Independent: Global temperatures - from Australia to Alaska - hit an all-time record high for the month of May, driven by exceptionally warm sea-surface temperatures according to the US's leading climate organisation.
The combined average temperatures for the land and ocean around the world was 0.74C higher than the 20th Century average of 14.8C for May, said the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Although global land temperatures were the fourth highest for May, average temperatures...