'Climate broke several records in 2016'

geneva - The climate in 2016 made history with a record rise in temperature, an extremely small amount of sea ice and an unrelenting rise in the sea level. This reports the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in a report published Tuesday. Extreme weather and climate are continued this year.

The WMO will publish its annual report on the status of the global climate in the run-up to the World Meteorological Day, on 23 March. The report is based on several international data.

' This report confirms that in 2016 the warmest year ever, with a remarkable 1.1 degree Celsius above the level in the pre-industrial period, and 0.06 degree above the previous record in 2015. This rise in global temperature is accompanied other changes in the climate system, '' said WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas.

' The global average temperature zeeoppervlaktewater also reached a record high, the global sea level continues to rise and the ice at the North Pole was for the most part of the year, well below average '' he said.

With carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere that constantly break new records, the impact of human activities on the climate more and more obvious, according Taalas is.

Notable extreme events last year were the severe drought with food shortages caused for millions of people in southern and eastern Africa, but also in Central America. Matthew hurricane caused great suffering in Haiti and was also the cause of significant economic losses in the United States. Heavy rains and floods ravaged eastern and southern Asia.