{"605928":{"#nid":"605928","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Half of Earth\u2019s satellites restrict use of climate data","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/inta.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/mariel-borowitz\u0022\u003EMariel Borowitz\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the Nunn School, wrote, \u0026ldquo;Half of Earth\u0026rsquo;s satellites restrict use of climate data,\u0026rdquo; published by\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThe Conversation\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EScientists and policymakers need satellite data to understand and address climate change. Yet data from more than half of unclassified Earth-observing satellites\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mitpress.mit.edu\/books\/open-space\u0022\u003Eis restricted in some way\u003C\/a\u003E, rather than shared openly.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen governments restrict who can access data, or limit how people can use or redistribute it, that slows the progress of science. Now, as\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/trump-budget-would-slash-science-across-agencies\/\u0022\u003EU.S. climate funding is under threat\u003C\/a\u003E, it\u0026rsquo;s more important than ever to ensure that researchers and others make the most of the collected data.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhy do some nations choose to restrict satellite data, while others make it openly available? My book, \u0026ldquo;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mitpress.mit.edu\/books\/open-space\u0022\u003EOpen Space\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026rdquo; uses a series of historical case studies, as well as a broad survey of national practices, to show how economic concerns and agency priorities shape the way nations treat their data.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFind Borowitz\u0026#39;s article on the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/theconversation.com\/half-of-earths-satellites-restrict-use-of-climate-data-93257\u0022\u003EConversation\u003C\/a\u003E website.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34508","created_gmt":"2018-05-08 13:45:13","changed_gmt":"2018-05-08 13:45:13","author":"oadebola3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"extreme temperatures","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/half-of-earths-satellites-restrict-use-of-climate-data-93257","dateline":{"date":"2018-05-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-05-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"600193":{"id":"600193","type":"image","title":"Mariel Borowitz","body":null,"created":"1513869989","gmt_created":"2017-12-21 15:26:29","changed":"1539182223","gmt_changed":"2018-10-10 14:37:03","alt":"Portrait photo of Sam Nunn School of International Affairs professor Mariel Borowitz","file":{"fid":"228813","name":"Borowitz1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Borowitz1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Borowitz1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":18137,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Borowitz1.jpg?itok=5PplwhDE"}}},"media_ids":["600193"],"groups":[],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"167146","name":"space"},{"id":"167707","name":"Space Policy"},{"id":"177842","name":"data policy"},{"id":"438","name":"data"},{"id":"169209","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts; Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}