Sustainability: Data & Maps
Climate
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Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM)Government funded research on global change effects on the atmosphere and its relation to climate.
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National Centers for Environmental InformationWorld's largest active archive of weather data, maps, and images. NCEI produces numerous climate publications and responds to data requests from all over the world.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - OneStopNOAA's data search platform containing geophysical, oceans, coastal, weather and climate data.
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World Meteorological Organization (WMO) - StoryMapsDigital publications that combine data visualization, geography, and narrative writing developed by the WMO.
GIS
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ArcGIS HubOpen depository with data contributed by organizations including government agencies, nonprofit groups, and academic institutions.
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IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS)Downloadable georeferenced US Census data tables and mapping files from 1790 to present.
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European Union's Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL)Open data and tools hosted by the European Commission.
Alternative Government Data Sources
- Public Environmental Data Partners: Data + Screening Tools
- Contains various screening and analysis tools targeted towards environmental justice. Notable resources include the EPA's Environmental Justice Analysis Multisite (EJAM) tool and CDC's Environmental Justice index.
- The Climate Mirror Project
- An open-source project that mirrors and archives US Government websites with a focus on climate, climate change, and sustainability. Resources are generally mirrored via ftp servers.
- PolicyMap
- A geospatial database that hosts national US data including data from the US Census. Full-Text UB ONLY
- Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
- Online digital repository on a wide variety of economic topics that allows users to create custom maps with geographical information data from the FRED database.
