Geneva, Jan 18 (AFP) The last three years were thehottest on record, the United Nations weather agency saidtoday, citing fresh global data underscoring the dramaticwarming of the planet.
Consolidated data from five leading international weatheragencies shows that "2015, 2016 and 2017 have been confirmedas the three warmest years on record", the WorldMeteorological Organization (WMO) said.
It added that 2016 remains the hottest year ever measureddue to the warming effect of El Nino, while 2017 was thewarmest non-El Nino year, beating out 2015 by less than onehundredth of a degree. (AFP)ZH.
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