But the people who put together Climate.gov didn’t go away. While the government did not hesitate to remove inconvenient climate information, dedicated volunteers outside the government managed to preserve copies of most of the material, on which the federal government’s copyright is prohibited. Volunteers and former climate.gov administrators came together to launch climate.us. On Tuesday, the team announced that it had completed a project to restore everything that was lost when Climate.gov was shut down.
The website includes Climate.gov’s 15-year archive of climate news and stories, expert blogs, visual status reports on key climate indicators, maps and data paths, climate literacy resources, classroom materials, and restored access to the fifth National Climate Assessment.
The team behind it, which includes many of the key people who created Climate.gov, says it is not satisfied with restoring what was lost. After establishing a non-profit to maintain the new website, the organization will focus its attention on what it calls “long-term public service.” It plans to establish new resources and develop additional materials to help the public understand the changing climate.
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