The first 10 years of this century were the hottest in 160 years and filled with more temperature records than any other decade as global warming accelerated, the UN’s weather agency has reported.
An “unprecedented” series of weather extremes also marked the years from 2001 to 2010, from hurricane Katrina in the US, to Russian heatwaves, Amazonian drought and Pakistani floods, said the Geneva-based World Meteorological Organisation.
The decade was the second wettest since 1901, as well, while 2010 alone was the wettest since instrumental records began.
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