Wildfires blaze through Russia

The World

Scientists are raising the alarm as an unprecedented number of wildfires rage in Siberia and the Arctic Circle. Host Marco Werman speaks with Mark Parrington, a senior scientist with the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service. 

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