Purpose

The purpose of this investigation is to analyze information on the web and its preservation as the digital heritage of events related to climate change and the environment in Portugal and Brazil, thus contributing to web preservation in the Ibero-American context.

Design/methodology/approach

A theoretical and applied investigation using mixed methods to collect and analyze qualitative and quantitative data from three sources: the Internet Archive and the public collection of Archive-It, the Portuguese web archive, and a selection from collections compiled by a research group (UFRGS) on web archiving and digital archiving in Brazil.

Findings

Web archive initiatives started in 1996; however, over the years collections have narrowed from nationally relevant themes to specialized thematic niches. The theme “climate change” has had an increasing impact on scientific and mainstream discussion in the 2000s, and by 2010 the over-arching theme became focused on digital preservation of web content, as demonstrated in this study. Failure to preserve data can lead to a rapid loss of climate change information, due to the inherent ephemerality of the web.

Originality/value

The paper demonstrates the relevance of preserving web content on climate change by showing what has been preserved to date and what will need to be preserved in the future.

中文翻译：

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气候变化和网络档案：一项基于葡萄牙和巴西背景的伊比利亚美洲研究

目的

本次调查的目的是分析网络信息及其作为与葡萄牙和巴西气候变化和环境相关事件的数字遗产的保存，从而为伊比利亚美洲背景下的网络保存做出贡献。

设计/方法/方法

使用混合方法收集和分析来自三个来源的定性和定量数据的理论和应用调查：互联网档案和 Archive-It 的公共收藏、葡萄牙网络档案，以及从研究小组 (UFRGS) 汇编的收藏中选择关于巴西的网络归档和数字归档。

发现

网络存档计划始于 1996 年；然而，多年来，藏品已从与国家相关的主题缩小到专门的主题领域。在 2000 年代，“气候变化”主题对科学和主流讨论的影响越来越大，到 2010 年，总体主题变得专注于网络内容的数字保存，如本研究所示。由于网络固有的短暂性，未能保存数据可能导致气候变化信息迅速丢失。

原创性/价值

该论文通过展示迄今为止已保存的内容以及未来需要保存的内容，证明了保存网络内容与气候变化的相关性。