Extreme weather exacerbated by climate change is already devastating parts of Africa — but the continent has only a tiny fraction of the monitoring capabilities of the west. There are just 37 weather stations covering the African continent, and only half provide enough data for forecasting. Investment in ‘hydromet systems’ […]
Detective Dennis O’Sullivan vividly remembers getting the call: a man was terrorizing residents of an apartment building, preventing them from leaving, and someone summoned police for help. It was in 2019 and O’Sullivan and other members of the NYPD’s elite Emergency Services Unit responded — with no idea what was awaiting them. […]
