10th Hottest Year Since 1850

Recent reports released suggest that this year has become the 10th hottest year on record since 1850 (when they started to record data). The secretary for the World Meteorological Organization, Michael Jarraud, states that greenhouse gases are continuing to rise, and the global average temperature has risen nearly 2.4 degree Celsius. Jarraud also argues that this increase in temperature is due to human activity and that the science behind it is indisputable.

Scientists suggest that if the temperatures keep rising over 2 degrees Celsius, this will lead to mass extinctions and other catastrophic events.

Some suggest that La Nina is to blame for the rise in temperatures and extreme weather patterns this year. Droughts in East Africa, the United States, large floods in Thailand and Asia, and an extremely active tornado season. Sea ice in the Arctic was also measured to be the second-lowest it has ever been.

For more on this, http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2011/11/2011-a-year-of-extreme-weather-and-the-10th-hottest-on-record.html