How open data is being used to hack climate change

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Here is a data story I wrote for the Guardian. It is about how open 
data, issued by governments and generated by crowdsourcing, can help to make communities more resilient to climate change and the extreme weather that is its inevitable result.

It also highlights how climate data can make the case for global warming amongst people that doubt it is happening. While this should be an open and shut case, climate change is still politically sensitive, with strong opposition from some groups.

Update from Owen Boswarva via Twitter:

FYI: @EnvAgency has confirmed the #floodhack data feeds etc. will remain #opendata permanently https://twitter.com/owenboswarva/status/461507079396917248 …
Good news, obv. However the main flood risk datasets (NaFRA, flood defences etc.) of most relevance to climate and resilience remain closed.