2011 - one of the ten hottest years

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced that this year was one of the ten hottest years since 1850.

The information presented on the sidelines of the 17th Conference of the United Nations Framework Convention (COP 17) on climate change takes place in Durban, South Africa.

The drought caused the soil to crack in the drought in Europe this year. (Photo: AFP)

According to WMO's announcement, the air surface temperature of the earth in most parts of the world is higher than the long-term average, especially in northern Russia from January to October higher than the average. long term bottles to 4 degrees C.

The Antarctic ice sheet in 2011 also dropped to a record low.

"The fact that the earth is rapidly heating up due to human activity. The concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reaches a record. Earth temperature is approaching rapidly with an increase of 2 - 2.4. "Celsius compared to pre-industrial times. Scientists warn, this increase may cause profound changes in the earth, birth and oceans," WMO Secretary General Michel Jarraud said.

Global climate in 2011 was severely affected by strong La Nina phenomenon that lasted from the last six months of 2010 to the end of the first six months of 2011. This is one of the strongest La Nina episodes in the last 60 years, but with severe drought in East Africa, southern America and islands in the central Pacific equator, heavy flooding in East Australia, South Asia and Southern Africa.