GENEVA: Global temperatures 'smashed' heat records last year, as heatwaves stalked oceans and glaciers suffered record ice loss, the United Nations said on Tuesday — warning 2024 was likely to be even hotter.
GENEVA: Global temperatures 'smashed' heat records last year, as heatwaves stalked oceans and glaciers suffered record ice loss, the United Nations said on Tuesday — warning 2024 was likely to be even hotter.The annual State of the Climate report by the UN weather and climate agency confirmed preliminary data showing 2023 was by far the hottest year ever recorded.
'In Switzerland, where the WMO is based, Alpine glaciers lost 10 percent of their remaining volume in the past two years alone, it said.The Antarctic sea ice extent was also 'by far the lowest on record,' WMO said.World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General Celeste Saulo poses with the WMO's 2023 global climate report prior to a press conference in Geneva, on March 19, 2024.
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