2018 Italy's hottest year in 2 centuries

(ANSA) - Rome, January 7 - The year that has just ended was the hottest in Italy since 1800, according to data released on Monday by the National Research Council's (CNR) ISAC institute for atmospheric and climate science.
    "The figures show that we are in the presence of significant climate change and that the temperature increase in Italy is stronger than the global average," said Michele Brunetti, the head of the CNR-ISAC database.