"2015 and 2016 Set To Break Global Heat Records, Says Met Office"

"The world’s climate has reached a major turning point and is set to deliver record-breaking global temperatures in 2015 and 2016, according to a new report from the UK Met Office.

Natural climate cycles in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans are reversing and will amplify the strong manmade-driven global warming, the report concludes. This will change weather patterns around the world including more heatwaves, but it is possible that the UK will actually have cooler summers.

'We will look back on this period as an important turning point,' said Professor Adam Scaife, who led the Met Office analysis. 'That is why we are emphasising it, because there are so many big changes happening at once. This year and next year are likely to be at, or near, record levels of warming.'"

Damian Carrington reports for the Guardian September 14, 2015.