Data so far this year points to 2017 continuing a long-term trend of record breaking temperatures around the world, says World Meteorological Organization2017 is set to be one of the hottest three years on record, provisional data suggests, confirming yet again a warming trend that scientists say bears the fingerprints of human actions. This is part of a long term warming trend. The results were revealed to delegates at the UN’s global climate talks being held in Bonn, Germany, this week and next. Patricia Espinosa, the UN’s climate chief, said the talks showed “unprecedented momentum”, but warned of the consequences of failure. We see this in terms of extreme weather impacts, with examples from the south of the US this year.

Source: The Guardian November 06, 2017 11:26 UTC