UN Reports 'Off The Charts' Melting Of Glaciers

"Antarctic sea ice fell to its lowest extent on record and the melting of some European glaciers was, literally, off the charts," the WMO said as it launched its annual climate overview. Record global mean temperatures over the past eight years came despite the cooling impact of a drawn-out La Nina weather phenomenon that stretched over nearly half that period. "We have already lost the melting of the glaciers game, because we already have such a high concentration of CO2," Taalas told AFP. "Antarctic sea ice fell to its lowest extent on record and the melting of some European glaciers was, literally, off the charts," the WMO said as it launched its annual climate overview. "We have already lost the melting of the glaciers game, because we already have such a high concentration of CO2," Taalas told AFP.