Climate extremes are 'unprecedented' (BBC)
By Roger Harrabin
Environment analyst
The Earth experienced unprecedented recorded climate extremes during the decade 2001-2010, according to the World Meteorological Organisation.
Its new report says more national temperature records were reported broken than in previous decades.
There was an increase in deaths from heatwaves over that decade.
This was particularly pronounced during the extreme summers in Europe in 2003 and in the Russian Federation during 2010.
But despite the decade being the second wettest since 1901 (with 2010 the wettest year recorded) fewer people died from floods than in the previous decade.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23154073
WMO press release, link to paper: http://www.wmo.int/pages/mediacentre/press_releases/pr_976_en.html
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