The year 2013 tied 2007 as the sixth warmest year in recorded history, and climate indicators show that the globe is experiencing the impacts of climate change, a World Meteorological Organization report says.

In its ”Statement on the Status of the Global Climate in 2013,” the WMO says, “Although the climate varies naturally from year to year, it is clear that the planet is experiencing an overall warming trend. Thirteen of the fourteen warmest years on record have all occurred in the 21st century, and each of the past three decades has been warmer than the last, culminating with 2001–2010 as the warmest decade on record.”

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