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Re: WMO: 2011 one of hottest years on record | Reuters

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On 8/1/2016 11:45 PM, Sergio wrote:
> http://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-conference-idUSTRE7AS0MQ20111129

> The world is getting hotter, with 2011 one of the warmest years on
> record, and humans are to blame, a report by the World Meteorological
> Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday.
>
> It warned increasing global average temperatures were expected to
> amplify floods, droughts and other extreme weather patterns.

> "Our science is solid and it proves unequivocally that the world is
> warming and that this warming is due to human activities," WMO Deputy
> Secretary-General Jerry Lengoasa told reporters in Durban, where almost
> 200 nations are gathered for U.N. climate talks.

> The WMO, part of the United Nations, said the warmest 13 years of
> average global temperatures have all occurred in the 15 years since
> 1997. That has contributed to extreme weather conditions that increase
> the intensity of droughts and heavy precipitation across the world, it
> said.

> "Global temperatures in 2011 are currently the tenth highest on record
> and are higher than any previous year with a La Nina event, which has a
> relative cooling influence," it said

> This year, the global climate was influenced heavily by the strong La
> Nina, a natural phenomenon usually linked to extreme weather in
> Asia-Pacific, South America and Africa, which developed in the tropical
> Pacific in the second half of 2010 and continued until May 2011.
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