Climate.gov was destroyed. Open data saved it
摘要
文章开头指出 Climate.gov 被特朗普政府削减 NOAA 资金后下线，成为 go-to 气候数据资源；Rebecca Lindsey 加入前同事 Anna Eshelman 与姐姐 Mary Lindsey，共同组建核心团队，在 Climate.us 重建网站，保存包括地图、教育材料、气候指标报告以及第五次国家气候评估在内的 15 年关键数据资源；得益于美国政府数据公共领域法律规定，数据得以在新站点找到归宿；Climate.us 提供气候仪表板（如 9 月北极海冰覆盖面积 15% 以上总面积）、教学资源和 NOAA 口述历史档案数据集库；文章强调站点依赖捐赠维持，形容其为在政府缺位时的新闻档案，呼吁给予更强支持。
荐读理由
US政府数据按法律属公共领域，Trump砍NOAA经费导致climate.gov下线，Rebecca Lindsey团队用开放数据重建Climate.us，保留15年关键数据集（含删掉的Fifth National Climate Assessment）、地图、教学资源和口述历史档案；捐赠维持运营可迁移到独立开发者项目中恢复类似政府级数据服务
原文
Climate.gov was destroyed. Open data saved it.
"After losing their jobs at NOAA, Rebecca Lindsey, her sister and another colleague teamed up to rebuild a pivotal resource the Trump administration took offline."
Link: Trump dismantled a federal climate website. These women rebuilt it., by Jenae Barnes at The 19th
This shouldn’t have been necessary, but is still wonderful to see. Climate.gov had been the go-to resource for climate data, but it went offline when the Trump Administration radically cut NOAA’s funding. At that point:
“[Rebecca] Lindsey joined forces with former NOAA employees Anna Eshelman, and Mary Lindsey, her older sister, to become the core team behind the deactivated site’s successor, Climate.us, preserving over 15 years of key climate data and resources. The trove features key maps, educational materials and climate indicator reports, including the now-deleted Fifth National Climate Assessment, the government’s most comprehensive analysis of climate change that was at risk of being lost to the public.”
This is possible because US government data is public domain by law. Had it not been available under a permissive license, the administration’s act of vandalism would have meant the data was gone for good. But because it was, the datasets can find a new home.
It’s a joy to use. Check out the climate dashboard, which tracks numbers like the total area of the Arctic Ocean that was at least 15% ice-covered each September. It also hosts a set of resources for teaching climate and energy. The dataset gallery includes crucial information like the NOAA’s archive of oral histories from people whose lives were affected by climate change.
But it’s also precarious. The whole thing relies on donations to keep it afloat, which is really what tax dollars are for. Still, for the moment it’s wonderful to see people pick up the slack when government is no longer doing its job. In the absence of government support, archives like this are works of journalism in themselves: ways to help us make stronger decisions. They deserve stronger support, and ultimately, we all deserve the restoration of such important government infrastructure.
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