Wildfires across Russia. Devastating floods in Pakistan. Deadly
landslides and flash floods in India and China. Heat wave across
the United States. Severe drought in Niger. Taken together,
scientists warn the events match predictions for extreme climate
events caused by global warming. This year is on track to be the
warmest since reliable temperature records began over a century
ago, mainly due to a buildup of greenhouse gases from fossil
fuels. We speak to Jeff Masters, co-founder and director of
meteorology for Weather Underground, a weather information
website. [includes rush transcript] This is a rush transcript.
Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: Wildfires across
Russia. Devastating floods in Pakistan. Deadly landslides and
flash floods in India and China. Heat waves across the United
States. Severe drought in Niger. Taken together, scientists warn
they could match predictions for extreme climate events caused
by global warming. This year is on track to be the warmest since
reliable tempera