BERKELEY — UC Berkeley will host a “guerrilla archiving” event Saturday to save federal data in the public interest from a presidential administration that has expressed scorn for science and claims climate change is a hoax.

DataRescue SF Bay will take place 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at UC Berkeley’s Institute for Data Science in the Doe Memorial Library. The event, run by a group of Bay Area information technology experts, scientists, researchers and activists, is co-sponsored by UC Santa Cruz’ Science and Justice Center.

DataRescue events feature the downloading of data, from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) and Department of Energy (DOE), related to climate change, alternative energy, and toxic releases, according to a news release from UC Santa Cruz.

Federally funded science in the public interest is crucial to evidence-based environmental policy, including international efforts to understand and respond to climate change, and to local groups seeking information about environmental and public health issues in their communities, the news release states. In the Bay Area, federal science data informs the response to sea level rise.

More information about the event is available on Facebook. Registration is through Eventbrite. You can follow the organization on Twitter: @DataRescueSFBay.