According to a story published yesterday in Reuters, by Alister Doyle and Nina Chestney, reporting from Marrakesh, Morocco, the world knotted a new heat record during 2016. Reportedly, rising temperatures owe some responsibility to man-made pollution, the levels of which are the subject of great controversy in political and scientific circles,
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported that this year is the warmest since records began being recorded in the late 19th century. Organization spokespeople have said temperatures are fully 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit above pre-industrial times.
WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas noted that almost 200 nations are discussing ways to slow climate change. He reported that the rising temperatures from a Pacific El Nino weather event earlier this year have had the effect of melting Greenland ice and damaging Australia's Great Barrier Reef. He ascribed man-made green house gases, from fossil fuels, as having the most blame for this situation.
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