Tag: Climate Data

  • Siberian Town Hits 100 Degrees, and the UN Confirms an Arctic First

    Siberian Town Hits 100 Degrees, and the UN Confirms an Arctic First

    A number sat unconfirmed for more than a year, waiting on scientists who wanted proof before they’d put it in the record books. Verkhoyansk, a town roughly 115 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, had logged a reading that belonged nowhere near a place known for permafrost and polar bears. Investigators spent months checking equipment,…

  • Scientists Fired Under Trump Launch Website to Preserve Free Access to U.S. Climate Data

    Scientists Fired Under Trump Launch Website to Preserve Free Access to U.S. Climate Data

    Climate data may seem distant from everyday life, but it shapes decisions about heat, floods, farming, schools, public health, and disaster preparedness. That is why the launch of Climate.us matters. Created by former NOAA staffers after Climate.gov was effectively shut down under the Trump administration, the new nonprofit site aims to keep trusted government climate…