#data preservation

A blog post recounts that the Climate.gov website was destroyed, but community-driven open data efforts successfully preserved the climate data that was previously publicly available. This incident highlights the fragility of government-hosted data and the critical role of open data advocacy in ensuring public access to taxpayer-funded research, especially for climate science that informs policy and adaptation. The preservation was carried out by volunteers using existing open data archives; the future relevance of the site depends on continued collection and funding, which remains uncertain without government support.