2010 ties for warmest year

2010 tied with 1998 and 2005 for the warmest year on record, the UN weather agency says.

Average temperatures around the world last year were 0.95F (0.53C) above the 1961-90 mean, the World Meteorological Organisation says.

The agency’s top official says the measurements “confirm the Earth’s significant long-term warming trend”.

WMO chief Michel Jarraud said in a statement in Geneva the 10 warmest years since records began in 1854 have all occurred since 1998.