Critical climate indicators broke records in 2021, says UN

World Meteorological Organization says extreme weather wreaked heavy toll on human livesCritical global indicators of the climate crisis broke records in 2021, according to a UN report, from rising oceans to the levels of heat-trapping emissions in the atmosphere.The UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said these were clear signs of humanity's impact on the planet, which was bringing long-lasting effects. Extreme weather, which the WMO called the day-to-day face of the climate emergency, wreaked a heavy toll on human lives and led to hundreds of billions of dollars in damages, the agency said. Continue reading...