But the people who created Climate.gov didn’t disappear. Although the government did not hesitate to remove uncomfortable climate informationDedicated volunteers outside the government managed to preserve copies of much of the material, which is off-limits to the federal government. Volunteers and former Climate.gov administrators got together and launched climate.us. On Tuesday, the team announced which had completed the project to restore everything lost when Climate.gov closed.
The website features Climate.gov’s 15-year collection of climate news and stories, expert blogs, visual status reports on key climate indicators, maps and data trails, climate literacy resources, classroom materials, and restored access to the Fifth National Climate Assessment.
The team behind it, which includes several key people who built Climate.gov, says it’s not satisfied with simply restoring what was lost. Having created a nonprofit to maintain the new website, the organization will shift its focus to what it calls “long-term public service.” It plans to establish new resources and develop additional materials to help explain climate change to the public.
