News - Leitzel Center at the University of New Hampshire

More information about the GLOBE Introduction Workshop held at UDET in Quito, Ecuador on May 28, 29, and 30.  >>

On April 17, the New Hampshire GLOBE Partnership’s Earth Around Us Soil Tent joined other exhibitors at the 2025 New Hampshire Forest Career Field Day. Organized by the New Hampshire Timberland Owners Association (NHTOA), the event educates students in grades 7–12 about careers in forestry, wildlife, and natural resources, conservation and the forest products industry. This year, 750 students attended the event with their educators.  >>

After registering for the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Program in Eastern Nepal, Principal Subarna Bhattarai and two students from Amity Public School in Kakarvitta, Jhapa, Nepal, were invited to attend the afternoon award ceremony for the Gold Award.  >>

On 5–7 May, over 34 participants, including 12 country coordinators, assistant country coordinators, scientists, and Working Group members from 12 Asia and Pacific countries, joined the virtual 2025 Asia and Pacific Regional Meeting. Under the theme “Global Impact: Advancing Earth System Science and STEM Education,” participants engaged in 3 days of interactive sessions designed to share progress, build capacity, and co create a roadmap for the next year.  >>

On 16 May, a large and rare dust storm swept across Indiana and Illinois. Visibility in the hardest hit areas were near zero during the storm. A volunteer observer in Indiana captured the change in Cloud conditions!  >>

More information about the webinar on tree flowering monitoring in LAC.  >>

More information about the launch of the Urban Heat Islands Workshop.  >>

The 30 Years of GLOBE Campaign webinar recording from 8 May, GLOBE Surface Temperature Protocol - Development of a Unique Data Set to Study the Earth, is now available.  >>

In a recent virtual keynote address, Dr. Sonal Gupta from the Asia and Pacific Regional Coordination Office highlighted the GLOBE Program’s Phenology Campaign and Land Cover protocol as models for community-driven environmental monitoring.  >>

On 25–26 April 2025, GLOBE Jordan hosted attendees from Jordan, Kuwait, and Oman, for a technology training about GLOBE website literacy.   >>