Germany launches $35M project to back up U.S. climate data amid Trump concerns
Scientists fear the Trump administration could delete or manipulate critical climate research, prompting German institutions to create offshore copies.
What to know
- Germany is building a $35 million offshore backup system for U.S. climate data, fearing Trump administration deletion or manipulation of datasets critical to the 2029 U.N. climate assessment.
- The effort, called CMIP7-ark and six other data preservation projects, reflects sharply eroded European trust in U.S. climate science policy after Trump slashed funding, buried reports, and withdrew from U.N. climate bodies.
- The German Climate Computing Center will add 5 petabytes of storage to house backups of U.S. climate simulations, ensuring research cannot be lost or compromised by political interference.
Data preservation is essential protection against Trump's documented attacks on climate research and science.
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“Why Germany Is Building an Ark for U.S. Climate Data…fears are growing that the Trump regime could meddle with critical US climate data.”
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Trump administration U.S. governmentGerman Research Foundation German science funding bodyKathrin Winkler German Research Foundation program managerChristopher Kadow Head of data analysis division, German Climate Computing Center (DKRZ)
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Yale E360 reports on German data preservation efforts
Coverage reveals that six additional U.S. science data projects have received German funding, including initiatives called SHIELD and SEND (Secure Endangered Earth Data), amid growing European distrust of U.S. climate science policy under Trump.
“The deletion of data has also become a possibility, and there is a risk that [data] could be manipulated to skew findings in a desired direction.”
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We are here now: Germany is storing backup versions of US climate data to protect the work of our scientists for the next U.N. climate assessment so that it “cannot be meddled with or compromised by the administration of President Trump.” e360.
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As researchers around the world begin work on the next UN climate assessment, fears are growing that the Trump admin. could meddle with critical US climate data. In response, scientists are preparing to transfer vast troves of that data to repositories in Germany. 🌎 e360.
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German Climate Computing Center installs storage for U.S. climate backups
The DKRZ in Hamburg begins installing new hardware racks adding 5 petabytes of storage capacity to house backup versions of U.S. climate simulations. The project, named CMIP7-ark, is designed to protect essential work for the 2029 U.N. climate assessment.
“We cannot simply accept that important contributions might be lost for technical or political reasons.”
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As work begins on the next U.N. climate assessment, fears are growing that the Trump administration could meddle with critical U.S. climate data. In response, scientists are preparing to transfer vast troves of that data to repositories in Germany.
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U.S. exits U.N. climate bodies — The Trump administration withdraws from both the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, though U.S. researchers continue contributing to global climate science.
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German Research Foundation launches $35M data preservation program — The German Research Foundation establishes a safe haven program to store permanent backups of U.S. climate data from public and open sources, citing fears that the Trump administration could block European access or delete datasets.
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Wissenschaft lebt von Daten, über das Internet werden viele von ihnen global geteilt. Die meisten Datensätze werden bisher aber nur an einem Ort physisch gespeichert. Deshalb bekommen es Wissenschaftler*innen nun mit der Angst zu tun – wegen politischer Übergriffe, Naturkatastrophen, Cyberattacken und Kriegen. Sind sogar Daten des Weltklimarats…
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My new report for Yale E360: Many scientific data sets are available online, but most of them are physically stored in only one place. In a time of increasing volatility through political interference, natural disasters, cyberattacks and war, the risk of losing precious information looms large. Scientists are responding with initiatives to store…
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# Germany As researchers around the world begin work on the next U.N. climate assessment, fears are growing that the Trump administration could meddle with critical U.S. climate data. In response, scientists are preparing to transfer vast troves of that data to repositories in Germany https:// e360.yale.edu/features/germany -us-climate-data #…
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The German Climate Computing Center (DKRZ), one of the world’s largest repositories for climate simulation data, is stepping to transfer critical US climate simulations to repositories in Germany in anticipation of Trump admin monkeying with the 7th IPCC process. e360.