Over the past year, world hit key global warming benchmark :

Over the past year, the Earth was more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than in pre-industrial times, a temperature that scientists say the planet should try to avoid in the long term. Scientists with the European Union on Thursday announced their finding that temperatures over the past 12 months were 1.52 degrees…

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