Case Study: NOAA Climate Education Resources

Systematic removal of climate education tools from Climate.gov

4 Links Removed
100s Resources Lost
April 2025 Removal Date

What Happened

In early April 2025, NOAA's Climate.gov website removed four critical educational resource links from the "Teaching Climate" section of its footer. The removed resources included:

While the underlying pages still exist technically, they now display "0 results - No documents found" messages, effectively making hundreds of educational resources inaccessible.

🔍 EDGI Documentation

Source: Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI)

Report: NOAA removes "Teaching Climate" resources from Climate.gov

Verification Status: ✅ Confirmed with before/after Wayback Machine screenshots

Documented Evidence

Current Status

🚫 STILL REMOVED

As of July 2025: The educational resources remain inaccessible through Climate.gov, though some content may exist on third-party sites.

Only Survivor: The "Demos & Experiments" link still functions, redirecting to cleanet.org with intact educational resources.

Impact Assessment

Context & Significance

This removal is part of a broader pattern of climate information suppression by the Trump administration, including:

As EDGI notes: "Information, tools, and other resources at the intersection of climate science, equity, and civic engagement provide critical means for people, especially those at the frontlines of climate impacts and injustices, to understand and respond to a changing climate."

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