Transcript Zero Episode 8: The Lack of African Weather Data Affects Everyone.

(Bloomberg) -- For Episode 8 of the Zero podcast, Bloomberg Green's Akshat Rathi and Laura Millan talk about Timbuktu's weather station 61223, and what its sudden closure means for climate science across the African continent. Akshat Rathi 2:38 Tell me about weather station 61223 Laura Millan 2:42 Weather station 61223 was one of five weather stations in Mali that had been active for more than 100 years. This week, Laura tells the story of weather station 61223 in Timbuktu, and what its sudden closure means for the people of Mali and climate science across the African continent. [Extracted from the article]

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