The Commerce Department is partnering with five leading technology outfits to make 20 terabytes of environmental data available for easier access and analysis by the public
The move, announced by Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker in an address at the American Meteorological Society on Tuesday morning, could open up new markets for environmental information just as profound challenges related to global warming and other environmental threats come to the fore. With much more data made available, existing companies and new startups can innovate to provide new products that help predict climate change, issue life-saving weather warnings and protect depleted fisheries, for example. Read more...
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