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Publication Date November 14, 2016

'It was too hot, even to leave home': stories from the world's hottest year

The ceremonial start of the course in Anchorage, Alaska, had to be shortened due to lack of snow. Photo: Alamy Stock Photo

From drought-hit Nigeria to wine-growing Finland, we hear from people whose lives have already been changed by a warming world.

 

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