UN: 2015 on Track to Be Hottest Year on Record
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 15:30
in Astronomy & Space
The World Meteorological Organization, the weather agency of the United Nations announced on Wednesday that 2015 is the hottest year on record, breaching the symbolic and significant milestone of 1 degree Celsius above the pre-industrial era. The report comes the week before world leaders assemble in Paris to try to negotiate an agreement to fight climate change. Records go back to 1880.