UNITED NATIONS: The world witnessed the
hottest year on record in 2016, surpassing the exceptionally high temperatures
of 2015, the UN weather agency said, highlighting new records in
indicators of human-caused Climate Change and loss of Artic sea ice.
The globally averaged
temperature in 2016 was about 1.1 degree Celsius higher than the pre-industrial
period, according to a consolidated analysis by the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO), continuing the trend in which 16 of the 17 hottest years on
record will have been during this century (1998 is the outlier).
The year "2016 was
an extreme year for the global climate and stands out as the hottest year on
record"
