This past year is "very likely" to be the hottest year on record according to the World Meteorological Association.<br />"Long-term climate change indicators are also record breaking.<br />Concentrations of major greenhouse gases in the atmosphere continue to increase to new records."<br />Ice levels in the Arctic sea are also low and "there was significant and very early melting of the Greenland ice sheet."<br />Should 2016 set a new record, 16 out of the 17 hottest years ever will have been in this century.
