'2016 was warmest year ever '

geneva - The year 2016 was the warmest in the history of the recorded climate. That the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the United Nations announced Wednesday.

It was on the ground last year averaged about 0.83 degrees warmer than the long-term average of 14 degrees Celsius and 0.07 degrees warmer than 2015, the previous record year. The WMO uses the long-term average the data from the years 1961 to 1990. The organization relies on information from various international organizations such as the US space agency NASA and the British University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit.

According to Secretary General Petteri Taalas WMO show measurements see new record highs for CO2 and methane into the atmosphere, causing both co climate change. The CO2 content has now risen above the symbolic but important limit of 400 parts per million (ppm).