UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned about the triple threat to the world from high pollution levels, climate change and loss of biodiversity in a new report.
In the past year, the U.S. has witnessed record-breaking wildfires, hurricanes and winter storms
This week, millions of Texans were left without power in freezing temperatures after power plants were knocked offline in icy conditions
Climate scientists believe extreme weather events will become more common and worsen in their intensity
They say governments are currently unprepared to deal with such crises, and need to invest in large-scale storage systems for power
Additionally, they claim officials need to build resilient infrastructure to properly protect citizens and military bases
Experts say failure to do so is a security risk as there are enemies out there that will certainly take advantage of vulnerabilities
Stephen King, 73, sparked a fury on Twitter after sending a mocking tweet directed at Texas voters amid this week s deadly winter storms and power outages that left millions of people in the dark.
Polar vortex, ultra-cold air that usually hangs above North Pole, has descended on the northern hemisphere
From Athens, Greece, to Athens, Texas, subzero temperatures and snowfall have stunned ill-prepared citizens
Meteorologists say this polar vortex is one of the largest and most brutal they have seen since the 1950s
White-outs at the Hagia Sophia and Acropolis this week are part of a weather pattern which started in January The Beast from the East froze the River Thames in London for the first time in decades before moving south
The billionaire co-founder of Microsoft has a new book out called How to Avoid a Climate Disaster where he sets out the urgency of addressing climate change .