In this Aug. 3, 2012 photo, an Indian farmer shows a dry, cracked paddy field in Ranbir Singh Pura 34 kms, from Jammu, India. A United Nations panel of scientists has drafted a list of eight ''key risks” about climate change that’s easy to
This May 6, 2008 file photo, shows an aerial view of devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis, seen at an unknown location in Myanmar.
Destroyed houses lie in Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines.
A survivor walks by a large ship after it was washed ashore by strong waves caused by powerful Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines.
This Nov. 9, 2013 photo provided by NASA shows Typhoon Haiyan. The picture was taken by astronaut Karen L. Nyberg aboard the International Space Station.
This Nov. 13, 2013 photo, shows typhoon damaged fuel tanks along the coast in Tanawan, central Philippines.
An aerial view of the damage to an amusement park left in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, in Seaside Heights, N.J. Freaky storms like 2013’s Typhoon Haiyan, 2012’s Superstorm Sandy and 2008’s ultra-deadly Cyclone Nargis may not have been caused by
In this Feb. 26, 2014 photo, children walk back home after school on a severely polluted day in Shijiazhuang, in northern China's Hebei province. Global warming is triggered by heat-trapping gases, such as carbon dioxide, that stay in the atmosphere
The list is part of a massive report on how global warming is affecting humans and the planet and how the future will be worse unless something is done about it. The report was finalized at a meeting on the weekend of March, 2014 by the
In this Aug. 3, 2012 photo, an Indian farmer shows a dry, cracked paddy field in Ranbir Singh Pura 34 kms, from Jammu, India. A United Nations panel of scientists has drafted a list of eight ``key risks” about climate change that’s easy to