anthony clark has more on the report for men of got in turkey where wildfires of calls widespread disruption. it is a bleak picture. this year alone has seen storms, floods, and wildfires. now, according to sciences, it is unequivocal. the humans are largely to blame for warming. the oceans land and not miss 5th, drop any of coal, oil and gas. you've been telling us over 3 decades of the dangers of allowing that kind of warm the well listen, but didn't hear the wellness and, but it didn't, us act strongly enough. and as a result, climate change is a problem that is here. now, nobody is safe and it's getting worse. foster about his being repeatedly demonstrated by the reporting that we've been doing here in turkey. and in greece on the devastating wafaa that swept across southern europe. now these wildfires do happen every year, but it is the scale of them and the intensity of them that has taken everybody by surprise this year and that looks set to continue. the 1st you in report issued in 1990, had predicted human cause, climate change would become evident at the time. it couldn't prove wit

anthony j blinken, thank you for being here and representing the state department. i'm proud to welcome all of you to the great university of maryland. and welcome to a james clark hall. it is fitting that we are here today to talk about infrastructure because you see, we are here and clark hall and mr. clark who was a 1951 civil engineering graduate was a builder. while the washington, d.c. city skyline is dotted with dozens of mr. clark's towering structures, he built more than buildings. he built beautiful and immaculate labs like the one you are sitting in. because when you invest in science, infrastructure, you invest in the spaces that spark innovation. to dramatically change our future. that is not hyperbole. that is fact. the world is a better place because of research born out of the university of maryland and its labs. if you walk up two flights of stairs to the lab, we have dr. fishel's research and more than 200 patents to thank for modern medical stents, lifetime pacemaker, and implantable insulin pumps, improving the lives of many. if you walk just one block west, you will find the physical science complex, built with federal funding, and the state