Last decade hottest on record, says world meteorological organisation

LONDON, Dec 5 (Bernama-PA Media/dpa): The previous decade has been the hottest on record with polar and mountain ice melting and the sea levels rising faster than in the 20th century, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has said.

Glaciers have thinned by an "unprecedented” one metre per year while the Antarctic continental ice sheet lost nearly 75 per cent more ice between 2011-2020 than it did between 2001-2010.