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Fossil fuel use is still rising despite positive steps by some countries including the UK and by the EU to wean themselves off the energy sources that do most to heat up our planet.

She once again weathered the storm and landed combinations in the second as the bout began to heat up.

Its latest State of the Climate report also finds that our oceans are heating up rapidly and glacier melt is accelerating.

This is because in the production process milk needs to be heated up and, once made, cheese is stored in energy-hungry refrigerators, meaning that fuel prices play a big part in the cost.

When Earth passes through this debris the "comet crumbs" heat up as they enter our atmosphere and burn up in bright bursts of light.