Former NOAA employees built Climate.us to preserve climate data and resources
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Former NOAA employees launched Climate.us after Trump took down Climate.gov.
Rebecca Lindsey, her sister Mary, and former colleague Anna Eshelman built Climate.us to preserve 15 years of climate data and resources from the defunct Climate.gov site. The site includes maps, educational materials, and the Fifth National Climate Assessment. The team raised over $400,000 through donations, enough to keep the project running until early 2027. They employ three people and have over 80 volunteer scientists reviewing content.
What commenters are saying
Commenters were split on whether climate data collection and dissemination should be a government function or left to private efforts. One camp argued that weather data is a canonical public good that markets fail to provide, and that tax dollars should fund it. Another camp believed private management is better, though critics warned of bias and paywalls. A few commenters noted that the U.S. already has volunteer-run weather stations and private satellites, but the government's remote stations are unique.