大数据能遏制气候变化吗？

    Data.gov的气候数据

    对于一位数据科学家来说，Data.gov就像是一座装满气候数据的图书馆。你可以在这里查到何时何地发生过地震；1960年代至今的化肥价格；五大湖随着气温的变化，由蓝转绿的一系列照片。该网站储存了来自多家研究机构的400多种政府数据，供研究人员免费使用。这些数据是非常有价值的。2006年，一家小公司想为农民构建一个工具，以研究气候变化对农作物的影响。白宫国家气候评估主任法比埃尼•劳里埃表示：“他们大概花了五六年的时间收集联邦数据。由于他们的工作非常有价值，最后孟山都公司收购了这家公司。”

    Data.gov’s Climate

    For a data scientist, data.gov is like walking the floors of a library packed with the climate data. Think a live feed of when and where earthquakes happen, fertilizer prices from the 1960s, and time-lapse maps of the Great Lakes shaded blue and green to show their changing temperatures throughout the year. This site is a repository of 400 government data sets from various agencies that researchers can use for free. The information can be quite valuable. In 2006, a small company wanted to build a tool for farmers to see the impact of climate change on crops. “They spent five or six years collecting federal datasets,” said Fabiene Laurier, director of national climate assessment at the White House. “The work was so valuable Monsanto bought them.”