Mutant Weather

Inferno: A warmer planet is creating drier conditions and increasing lightning activity. This means more fuel and ignition, causing catastrophic wildfires. 7+

Megastorms: Some experts suggest it is time to add a Category 6 to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, following recent hurricanes in Florida and Texas. 7+. (1 of 10)

Melt: The most calamitous of the effects of climate change is the melting permafrost and resulting rising sea levels. (6 of 10)

Earth: A warmer planet can lead to a deadly domino effect: the increased occurrence, frequency and intensity of sinkholes and landslides. (5 of 10)

Floods: Extreme weather leads to higher rainfall and flooding, causing people to become weather refugees in low-lying areas worldwide. 7+. (2 of 10)

Sky: Warmer weather leads to unpredictable storms with sudden downbursts, destructive hail and random lightning even on sunny days. (10 of 10)

Tornados: Follow the stories of storm chasers who've had to run for their lives and the survivors of some of the deadliest recent tornadoes. 7+. (1 of 3)

As global warming heads to 2 degrees Celsius, heat waves are on the rise, with droughts, fires and floods. 7+

The air we breathe is in jeopardy with the increase in greenhouse gases, both polluting the air and trapping pollution under the smog. (9 of 10)

Cold: The planet is warming more rapidly in the north, heating up the mass of arctic air called the polar vortex. (4 of 10) 7+