Current record-shattering temperatures are shocking even to climate scientists | Dana Nuccitelli

February 2016 was likely the hottest month in thousands of years, as we approach the 2C danger limit.

"Stunning," "wow," "shocker," "bombshell," "astronomical," "insane," "unprecedented"- these are some of the words climate scientists have used to describe the record-shattering global surface temperatures in February 2016.