Andrew Cote, Sciences BSC, University of British Columbia, Canada

Atmospheric volumes of greenhouse gases blamed for climate change hit a new record in 2012, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Wednesday.

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Report calls for dramatic curbs in greenhouse gas emissions and warns of threat to human society

There's a Christmas family tradition in the Marsden household where my father issues a series of strict electrical instructions to me before he goes to bed – what has to be switched off and where, which plugs have to be removed from their sockets and so on. Every year, I look at him with uncomprehending disbelief – but obviously I obey, because it's his house.

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Both the northern and southern hemispheres experienced the warmest temperatures for both land and sea