Earn Badges and Set Streaks while Using the GLOBE Observer App

Did you know that you can track your contributions to GLOBE in the My Achievements section of the GLOBE Observer app? Find milestone badges and streaks for all data you have submitted to GLOBE (since 1995). You can access My Achievements from the GLOBE Observer home screen.

Streak awards and milestone badges are in My Achievements, which you can access from the GLOBE Observer home screen. Tap on the protocol or sphere to see your achievements for each.

NASA Astronaut Megan McArthur shows off her achievements and badges earned while using the GLOBE Observer app.

You earn your first “milestone badge” when you submit your first observation. You will then see the next milestone badge you can earn along with a bar showing how close you are to earning it. Milestone badges are awarded at intervals of 1, then 5, 10, 25, 50, 75, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, and 400+. Each time you earn a badge, the badge will appear in the app under My Achievements and you will receive an email with a copy of your badge. (You are welcome to opt out of receiving emails in your GLOBE account settings. To do so, tap on the gear on the GLOBE Observer home screen. Select Opt-In/Opt-Out Settings.)

Milestone badges are awarded at intervals of 1-5-10-25-50-75-100-150-200-250-300-400+

You can also earn “streaks” by making observations for two or more days in a row. The longer you submit daily data, the larger your streak will become. Streaks are represented by a yellow star, which will appear only when you have achieved at least one streak. You’ll see how long your current streak is and the length of your longest streak to date for each protocol. Recognizing that some GLOBE volunteers are students, we have also added in a grace period of two days: You can miss submitting data on Saturday and Sunday without breaking a streak.

You can start a streak for any GLOBE protocol. Your streak display will show the current streak and your longest streak to date.

Your streaks and a count for the total number of observations you’ve submitted are also shown on the home screens for clouds, mosquito habitat mapper, land cover, and trees.

The home screen for each GLOBE Observer protocol also displays your current and longest streaks for that protocol with one star representing the current streak and two starts representing your longest streak.