ClimateWire: In the era of the Internet, the government's decision to shut down access to websites and data sets has made research difficult for many weather and climate researchers.
Take Bruce Vaughn, who runs a climate science lab at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His lab analyzes samples of greenhouse gases collected from around the world by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
But when the shutdown hit Tuesday, he was faced with losing access to the NOAA computers he needs to do...