Climate change accelerated more in past decade than in any other, new research shows

The Antarctic continental ice sheet lost nearly 75% more ice between 2011-2020 than it did in 2001-2010 — an ominous development for future sea level rise. Picture: C Gilbert 

Greenhouse gas emissions fuelled land and sea temperatures over the past 10 years to accelerate climate change more profoundly than any previous decade, according to data from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

The WMO, which published the Decadal State of the Climate 2011-2020 at the UN’s climate change summit in Dubai, warned ice melt and sea level rise was “turbo-charged” over the past 10 years.