Where Is the Majority of Climate Data Stored?

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Research indicates that significant amounts of climate data are stored on government servers, potentially in the petabyte or exabyte range, with major contributions from agencies like NASA and NOAA. Concerns have been raised about the accessibility of this data, particularly with the transition to a new presidential term. However, it is noted that similar climate data is likely available from other countries, including the UK, Japan, Australia, Germany, Canada, Russia, and China, suggesting that the information is not exclusive to the US. The discussion emphasizes the importance of scientific data availability while steering clear of political implications.
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I keep reading news articles about how researches are trying to dump as much climate data as possible off of government computers before the new presidential term.

How much data is actually stored on government servers and no where else? Petabytes? Exabytes? Is it the majority of raw data? I assume most data is owned by NASA or NOAA but I have no idea if it's like half or like 99%
 
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I think the "and nowhere else" part is decisive here. I cannot imagine that the relevant data aren't available outside the US: UK, Japan, Australia, Germany, Canada and presumably Russia and China, too, have probably the same data for their climate researches. They are not really secret.

Sounds a bit like the story of Clinton's employees who allegedly removed all "W" keys on the WH computers on their leave.
 
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