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The Global Climate 2011-2020: A Decade of Acceleration
December 8 , 2023
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- The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has published this report.
- The decade 2011-2020 emerged as the warmest on record for both land and ocean.
- Global mean temperature soared to 1.10 ± 0.12 °C above the 1850-1900 average.
- 2016 (due to an El Niño event) and 2020 are standing out as the warmest years.
- CO2 was reaching 413.2 ppm in 2020.
- Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets lost 38% more ice compared to 2001-2010.
- The Antarctic ozone hole diminished in the 2011-2020 period, credited to successful international action under the Montreal Protocol.
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