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December 21, 2016

World Meteorological Organization: 2016 to Be Hottest Year on Record
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Obama's and Trudeau's announcements come as the World Meteorological
Organization says 2016 is on track to be the hottest year on record-in
part due to "particularly high" temperatures in the Arctic.

Clare Nullis: "2016, it does remain on track to be the hottest year on
record. 2015 was the hottest year on record. Before that, 2014 was the
hottest year on record. And we think that 2016 will break even those
records. Temperatures in the Arctic have been particularly high. Arctic
sea ice was very, very low in the early part of the year, and it was the
lowest on record in October and November. And indeed there were some
days then when normally you see it refreezing, and in fact it wasn't
freezing at all. So it's really quite extraordinary what we have been
seeing in the Arctic."



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