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Warming world

This year is almost certain to be the warmest on record, meteorologists are
predicting. With three-quarters of the year gone, average temperatures across
the world for 1997 are 0.38 掳C higher than the average for the period
1961-1990. 鈥淭his is the same as in 1995,鈥 which set the previous record, says
David Parker of Britain鈥檚 Meteorological Office in Bracknell. 鈥淏ut with an El
Ni帽o in full flow, there is a strong warming trend, so a record is almost
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