Grist: Its all but certain that 2015 will end up as the hottest year on record. And in setting that mark, the world is on track to finish the year 1 degree C above pre-industrial levels, a dubious milestone.
That would make 2015 the first year to crack the halfway mark of 2 degrees C warming, the benchmark thats been targeted as safe climate change and what nations are working toward meeting ahead of climate talks in Paris in December. But Mondays announcement by the U.K. Met Office hints at how...