in greece, we had forest fires that caused over 125,000 hectares of acreages being burned. and some of the strongest cyclones in the subcontinent of india bank account the west coast. a wide-ranging year with the fingerprints of climate change from india to asia all the way to north america. >> yeah, all of it jaw-dropping and not an exhaustive list, right? derek van dam, really thank you for pointing that out. >> yeah. well, yuma mao is a professor emeritus at tufts university and a visiting scientist at woodrow climate research center. this is your bred ad and buttern terms of right to figure out what's going on with the research. what does the data tell us about the extreme weather? the big question everyone has, professor, is how much is this influenced by climate change right now? >> well, the interesting thing is, we have always had extreme weather events. but what we're seeing is that