As climate research faces uncertainty, SUSANHub.com is a safe haven for data

Just six months ago, researchers at McGill launched SUSANHub.com, a platform for sustainability researchers to share their work. The platform has grown quickly and now counts more than 39,000 visitors each week. As changes in U.S. government policy raise concerns about the stability of support for climate research, SUSANHub is emerging as a vital resource. The platform is becoming a haven for this work. “We want to protect scientific research from the U.S. government,” says Professor Juan Serpa, the founder of the Sustainability Action Network--from which SUSANHub takes its name. “The network is an international one, but it primarily serves researchers in the United States. We want to be proactive, and maintain a place for researchers to store their data. Because once data is disappears, it’s gone.”