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In this initial
phase after the program’s reactivation, GLOBE-Chad had paid a visit
to Mr. Nediglembaye Etienne, the director of Saint Benoit
school on June 30th, 2024.
This work meeting’s
goal was to introduce the GLOBE program to the school authorities
and present our activities in perspective.
After long
discussions of questions and answers, the school’s director
expressed his full support to the GLOBE program’s agenda that is
already in ligne with the school’s academic science initiatives.
While the bilingual school is still ...
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Following the reactivation of the GLOBE
program and loaded with a full agenda, GLOBE-CHAD meets with Royal
Academy, one of the pilot schools chosen to quick off the program for
the 2024 - 2025 school year.
The one hour meeting was held in the
office of the school director, Mr Ouambi Serge , who graciously
welcomed the GLOBE team composed of the Country Coordinator, the
Country Coordinator’s Assistant in charge of outreach and the
Assistant in charge of communication.
The points of discussion included the
strategies of implementing the GLOBE program in the educational ...
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Desde ayer 05-09-2024, se han registrado enormes incendios desde
Brasil hasta la Argentina, observables por satélite, de no tomarse
los correctivos con el pulmón de la Amazonas corre el riesgo de
desaparecer, poniendo en peligro la poca naturaleza que le queda al
planeta. Estudios citados por el medio MetSul de metereología de
Brasil, indican que el humo puede influir en la formación de
descargas eléctricas y hay que tomar en cuenta, para estudios
avanzados que los eventos se presentan en zonas de la Anomalía del
Atlántico Sur, que sin duda juega un papel en el tiempo ...
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EDUCATION RESEARCH
SCIENCE AND MATH
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
GLOBE International STEM Network (GISN):
GLOBE INTERNATIONAL STEM NETWORK (GISN)
GLOBE Mission Earth News:
TEACHER STORIES
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
STUDENT RESEARCH & ACTIVITIES
GLOBE Science Topics:
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE
GLOBE Working Groups:
SCIENCE WORKING GROUP
EDUCATION WORKING GROUP
Investigation Areas:
ATMOSPHERE
HYDROSPHERE
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
PEDOSPHERE (SOIL)
BIOSPHERE
Learning Activities:
ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
HYDROLOGY
News Topics:
GLOBE MISSION EARTH
Primary Audience:
SCIENTISTS
STUDENTS
TEACHERS
Student Research Reports:
STANDARD RESEARCH REPORT
Teacher's Guide:
INVESTIGATION AREA DOCUMENTS
Background
I received my formal training on GLOBE Atmosphere protocols, particularly cloud observation, in the summer of 2011. In 2016, the GLOBE Program launched the GLOBE Observer (GO) app, designed for volunteer science. The GO app is more user-friendly and focuses on specific observations anyone with a smartphone can make.
The GLOBE Program is structured and education-focused, targeting students and educators, while the GO app is intuitive and accessible to the general public. Both contribute valuable data to the scientific community and enhance public understanding of ...
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SCIENCE AND MATH
TECHNOLOGY
STEM
GLOBE Mission Earth News:
TEACHER STORIES
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
STUDENT RESEARCH & ACTIVITIES
GENERAL ACTIVITIES
GLOBE Science Topics:
BACKYARD SCIENCE
CLIMATE
GENERAL SCIENCE
GLOBE PROTOCOLS
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
SCIENTIST SKILLS
Investigation Areas:
ATMOSPHERE
CLOUDS
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
Learning Activities:
ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
OBSERVING, DESCRIBING, AND IDENTIFYING CLOUDS
ESTIMATING CLOUD COVER
OBSERVING VISIBILITY AND SKY COLOR
CLOUD WATCH
LEARNING TO USE VISUALIZATIONS
CLOUD FUN
CLOUDSCAPE
TO SPREAD OR NOT TO SPREAD
WE'RE ALL CONNECTED: EARTH SYSTEM INTERACTIONS
RESEARCH: INQUIRE & DISCOVER
DATA COLLECTION: OBSERVE & MEASURE
DATA EXPLORATION: ANALYZE & CHART
SIMULATIONS: PLAY & LEARN
OUTDOOR: EXPLORE & CONNECT
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TRAINING
NEWS BRIEFS
TEACHER STORIES
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
GENERAL ACTIVITIES
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Teacher's Guide:
GRADE LEVELS
MISCELLANEOUS
PROTOCOL INSTRUCTIONS
INTRODUCTION
ATMOSPHERE
SUPPORTING CLOUDS
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
El paso del huracán Beryl, por el Caribe, no solo ha afectado Islas al norte del continente, también afectó a Venezuela, desde ahí hasta Colombia y parte de Brasil, por impacto indirecto, registrado por los satélites del Goes 16- Este, en sus diferentes bandas, con notables lluvias e inundaciones. Día 05-07-2024 , no cabe duda que Beryl plantea serios interrogantes, en la física de la atmósfera de la tierra, en la época actual, desde cambios significativos en la gravedad de la tierra, que pueda estar afectando la presión atmosférica por zonas, ...
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EDUCATION RESEARCH
SCIENCE AND MATH
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
Field Campaigns:
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
GLOBE International STEM Network (GISN):
GLOBE INTERNATIONAL STEM NETWORK (GISN)
GLOBE Mission Earth News:
TEACHER STORIES
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
STUDENT RESEARCH & ACTIVITIES
GLOBE Science Topics:
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
GENERAL SCIENCE
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE
GLOBE Working Groups:
SCIENCE WORKING GROUP
Investigation Areas:
ATMOSPHERE
HYDROSPHERE
PEDOSPHERE (SOIL)
Learning Activities:
ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE
News Topics:
REGIONS
GLOBE MISSION EARTH
Primary Audience:
COUNTRY COORDINATORS
SCIENTISTS
STUDENTS
TEACHERS
Student Research Reports:
STANDARD RESEARCH REPORT
MISSION EARTH REPORT
Teacher's Guide:
INVESTIGATION AREA DOCUMENTS
The first time I have ever witnessed a solar eclipse was on March 29, 2006, in the southwestern part of Nigeria. As an undergraduate student who majored in Geography, I was curious to know how the celestial event would happen. Indeed, I was able to witness the partial solar eclipse which was an awe-inspiring celestial event, but was not opportune to study the effect of the unique phenomena on my local environment. When I read online late last year that the total solar eclipse will pass through Toledo, Ohio in the United States where I reside presently, I thought this might be a rare ...
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STEM
Field Campaigns:
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
GLOBE International STEM Network (GISN):
GLOBE INTERNATIONAL STEM NETWORK (GISN)
GLOBE Mission Earth News:
STUDENT RESEARCH & ACTIVITIES
Learning Activities:
ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE
Primary Audience:
SCIENTISTS
STUDENTS
TEACHERS
Student Research Reports:
MISSION EARTH REPORT
The GLOBE Clouds team is delighted to announce this new section that showcases sky and cloud photographs from around the world! We’ve also been receiving some amazing questions from students.
The featured question was asked by students from Corpus Christi Catholic School :
Question: Why can we see clouds but not evaporation?
Answer: Water vapor is invisible. However, the water in clouds is in liquid or solid state, not gas.
Do you have a favorite cloud photo or a question for the team? Use the linked form to cast your vote and ask us any question ...
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STEM
GLOBE Science Topics:
BACKYARD SCIENCE
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
GENERAL SCIENCE
GENERAL SCIENCE @ES
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE
Investigation Areas:
ATMOSPHERE
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
News Topics:
NEWS BRIEFS
Primary Audience:
ALUMNI
COUNTRY COORDINATORS
PARTNERS
SCIENTISTS
STUDENTS
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Waleska works with in-service teachers in the teacher training programs of the Galileo University and the University of San Carlos of Guatemala. She is the founder and coordinator of the STEAM program
Question: Where are you from?
Answer: I was born in the city of the eternal Spring, Guatemala City, in Central America, several eclipses, comets, and moons ago.
Question: What inspired you to work in this field?
Answer: Since I was little I had a fascination with natural phenomena, the reason why stars shine led me to be a Physicist, and fireflies and ...
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STEM
GLOBE Science Topics:
BACKYARD SCIENCE
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
DATA INCLUDED
GENERAL SCIENCE
GENERAL SCIENCE @ES
SCIENTIST SKILLS
Investigation Areas:
ATMOSPHERE
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
Primary Audience:
ALUMNI
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Brad Hegyi is a research scientist for the NASA Prediction of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project team at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, USA. Brad develops metrics and statistics for POWER from model estimates of future climate to help support planning for future energy use by heating and cooling systems in buildings. Brad also helps create interactive data products to better visualize changes occurring in the climate data.
The energy that comes from the Sun is the basic source of energy for everything on Earth. Solar energy drives Earth’s weather and ...
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TECHNOLOGY
STEM
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BACKYARD SCIENCE
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
DATA INCLUDED
GENERAL SCIENCE
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE
SCIENTIST SKILLS
Investigation Areas:
ATMOSPHERE
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
Primary Audience:
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Desde hace un mes, Enero del 2024 , el transporte atmosférico , sobre el Atlántico proveniente desde África , a ido aumentando el flujo de partículas nocivas para la salud humana , en las corrientes de chorro , como caso particular las PM ₂.₅ , han ido aumenta entre Enero y Febrero desde Oriente Medio pasando por África y llegando al continente Suramericano . Para el día 07 -03-2024 una masa considerable de partículas provenientes de PM ₂.₅ , estará tocando atmósfera sobre Surinam . Una formación ciclónica extratropical , se formará a ...
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SCIENCE AND MATH
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
Field Campaigns:
SEASONS AND BIOMES
CARBON CYCLE
EL NIÑO
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
GLOBE International STEM Network (GISN):
GLOBE INTERNATIONAL STEM NETWORK (GISN)
GLOBE Science Topics:
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE
GLOBE Working Groups:
SCIENCE WORKING GROUP
EDUCATION WORKING GROUP
Investigation Areas:
ATMOSPHERE
HYDROSPHERE
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
PEDOSPHERE (SOIL)
Learning Activities:
ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
News Topics:
REGIONS
Primary Audience:
SCIENTISTS
STUDENTS
TEACHERS
Student Research Reports:
MISSION EARTH REPORT
Teacher's Guide:
INVESTIGATION AREA DOCUMENTS
Energy from the Sun warms our planet, and changes in sunlight can also cause changes in temperature, clouds, and wind. Clouds are ever changing and give you clues and information on what is happening in the atmosphere. Eclipses provide a natural experiment, in which the Sun’s light is blocked from Earth for a brief period in time, allowing us to observe the effects of that sudden change. Read the newly released blog post explaining in depth cloud formation and which ones would be impacted by the upcoming total solar eclipse over North America and how the data will be used. ...
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GLOBE Science Topics:
BACKYARD SCIENCE
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
GLOBE PROTOCOLS
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
Investigation Areas:
ATMOSPHERE
CLOUDS
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
Primary Audience:
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The NASA GLOBE Clouds Quarterly Update is available for December, January, February 2023-2024!
Coming Soon: Cloud Challenge 2024
The team is excited to announce that in 2024 we will have a Cloud Challenge focused on how clouds change throughout the day.
First Long-Duration Lidar Satellite Mission CALIPSO Ends
CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations), a lidar satellite that advanced the world’s understanding of climate, weather, and air quality, ended its scientific mission on August 1, 2023 after 17 years of operation.
Meet an ...
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GLOBE Science Topics:
BACKYARD SCIENCE
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
GLOBE PROTOCOLS
Investigation Areas:
ATMOSPHERE
CLOUDS
News Topics:
NEWS BRIEFS
Primary Audience:
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For the past three years, the GLOBE Mission Earth (GME) Team at the University of Toledo, Ohio has been teaching and mentoring NASA-SEES high school students across the United States in the study of the Urban Heat Island Effect (UHIE) and Air Quality. In 2023, the NASA-SEES High School Virtual Internship Program had 20 interns for both the UHIE and Air Quality Groups.
During the 6-week virtual training, interns conducted research on the topics of their choice and met virtually three times a week to complete their projects. They also completed weekly assignments.
For the UHIE ...
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STEM
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
GLOBE Working Groups:
EVALUATION WORKING GROUP
SCIENCE WORKING GROUP
EDUCATION WORKING GROUP
TECHNOLOGY WORKING GROUP
DEI WORKING GROUP
Investigation Areas:
ATMOSPHERE
HYDROSPHERE
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
PEDOSPHERE (SOIL)
BIOSPHERE
Primary Audience:
COUNTRY COORDINATORS
PARTNERS
SCIENTISTS
STUDENTS
TEACHERS
TRAINERS
Student Research Reports:
U.S. STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIA (SRS)
MISSION EARTH REPORT
One of the things that I find the most inspiring about The GLOBE Program , is the rich collaboration that it enables us to have with each other. Speaking for myself, I now have friends literally all around the globe, because of my engagement and interaction with GLOBE. I thought I would take a little time to write about a very inspiring intergenerational collaboration that I have found particularly enriching.
During the virtual GLOBE Annual Meeting in 2021, I was asked by a participant if we could meet up in a virtual room and chat. I was astonished to meet the extremely vibrant ...
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EDUCATION RESEARCH
LANGUAGE CULTURE AND ARTS
SCIENCE AND MATH
TECHNOLOGY
STEM
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
Field Campaigns:
GPM
GLOBE International STEM Network (GISN):
GLOBE INTERNATIONAL STEM NETWORK (GISN)
GLOBE Science Topics:
BACKYARD SCIENCE
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
DATA INCLUDED
GENERAL SCIENCE
GLOBE PROTOCOLS
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE
SCIENTIST SKILLS
MEETINGS/CONFERENCES
Investigation Areas:
ATMOSPHERE
HYDROSPHERE
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
PEDOSPHERE (SOIL)
BIOSPHERE
Learning Activities:
ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
HYDROLOGY
LAND COVER/BIOLOGY
SOIL
Primary Audience:
ALUMNI
COUNTRY COORDINATORS
PARTNERS
SCIENTISTS
STUDENTS
TEACHERS
TRAINERS
US GLOBE Partners Presented at the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) on April 26, 2023
"AI and Diplomacy" Panel Discussion moderated by Larisa Schelkin, US GLOBE Partner from Boston, Massachusetts & UNITAR Teaching Faculty with the panelists from the GLOBE Holli Kohl, Project Lead for GLOBE Observer and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/SSAI and Peder V. Nelson, Oregon State University CEOAS; GLOBE Partnership Coordinator; The GLOBE program is recognized as one of the world's leaders in environmental science diplomacy through education. Congratulations to the GLOBE community!
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SCIENCE AND MATH
TECHNOLOGY
STEM
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
GLOBE International STEM Network (GISN):
GLOBE INTERNATIONAL STEM NETWORK (GISN)
GLOBE Science Topics:
GLOBE PROTOCOLS
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
SCIENTIST SKILLS
MEETINGS/CONFERENCES
GLOBE Working Groups:
EVALUATION WORKING GROUP
SCIENCE WORKING GROUP
EDUCATION WORKING GROUP
TECHNOLOGY WORKING GROUP
DEI WORKING GROUP
Learning Activities:
ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
LAND COVER/BIOLOGY
News Topics:
MEETINGS
REGIONS
NEWS BRIEFS
Primary Audience:
ALUMNI
COUNTRY COORDINATORS
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STUDENTS
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Teacher's Guide:
LANGUAGES
It was an honor to participate in the NASA GLOBE presentation “The GLOBE Program – an international science and education program that fosters the next generation of STEM professionals and environmental science diplomacy ” at the UN General Assembly Science Summit in 2022.
During the session, participants learned about GLOBE, its alignment with SDGs and possible strategies that help in their implementation. The panelists, one each from the six GLOBE regions (Africa, Asia and Pacific, Europe and Eurasia, Latin America and Caribbean, Near East and North Africa, and North America), ...
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
GLOBE International STEM Network (GISN):
GLOBE INTERNATIONAL STEM NETWORK (GISN)
GLOBE Science Topics:
MEETINGS/CONFERENCES
GLOBE Working Groups:
EVALUATION WORKING GROUP
SCIENCE WORKING GROUP
EDUCATION WORKING GROUP
DEI WORKING GROUP
Primary Audience:
COUNTRY COORDINATORS
PARTNERS
SCIENTISTS
STUDENTS
TEACHERS
TRAINERS
It was a great honor to participate in the US-Africa Science Collaboration Summit in Washington, DC in December 2022. Appreciate the opportunity to participate in the US-Africa Research Supporting Disabilities (session 14098), The African Institute for Math Sciences: African Youth in the Diaspora & Africa at the forefront of African Scientific Excellent (session 140077), US-Africa Partnerships in Space (session 14056), US-Africa Science Cooperation: Briefing Hosted by the US National Science Foundation (session 14029). Exciting opportunities for the GLOBE!
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DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
GLOBE International STEM Network (GISN):
GLOBE INTERNATIONAL STEM NETWORK (GISN)
GLOBE Working Groups:
EVALUATION WORKING GROUP
SCIENCE WORKING GROUP
EDUCATION WORKING GROUP
TECHNOLOGY WORKING GROUP
DEI WORKING GROUP
Primary Audience:
COUNTRY COORDINATORS
PARTNERS
SCIENTISTS
TEACHERS
Professor Mike Jabot, US GLOBE Partner, Distinguished Professor of Science Education at SUNY Fredonia, the GLOBE Northeast/Mid-Atlantic representative to the GLOBE US Partner Forum and Larisa Schelkin, US GLOBE Partner, GISN, IVSS, Global STEM Education Center, Inc (nonprofit in Massachusetts) are teaching at the UN Institute for Training and Research Global Diplomacy Fellowship Program since 2021.
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
GLOBE International STEM Network (GISN):
GLOBE INTERNATIONAL STEM NETWORK (GISN)
GLOBE Working Groups:
EVALUATION WORKING GROUP
EDUCATION WORKING GROUP
DEI WORKING GROUP
Primary Audience:
COUNTRY COORDINATORS
PARTNERS
SCIENTISTS
TEACHERS
Professor Mike Jabot, US GLOBE Partner, Distinguished Professor of Science Education at SUNY Fredonia, the GLOBE Northeast/Mid-Atlantic representative to the GLOBE US Partner Forum and Larisa Schelkin, US GLOBE Partner, GISN, IVSS, Global STEM Education Center, Inc (nonprofit in Massachusetts) have presented together at 25th Annual Colloquium on International Engineering Education at University of Rhode Island in November 2022.
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GLOBE International STEM Network (GISN):
GLOBE INTERNATIONAL STEM NETWORK (GISN)
GLOBE Working Groups:
EDUCATION WORKING GROUP
Primary Audience:
COUNTRY COORDINATORS
PARTNERS
SCIENTISTS
TEACHERS
On May 1, 2021, I did a lot of things. Most of them involved staying home, logging in to Microsoft Teams for virtual school, and doing my homework. Little did I know that my life would change that very evening. I logged off from school and opened Outlook to check my email, and I saw it immediately: “Congratulations on your NASA virtual internship!”
For the next five months, I was immersed in the life of a scientist. The NASA SEES Internship pushed me to grow and improve my analytical thinking skills, from Ph.D.-level guest lectures to reading through several research papers to actually ...
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GLOBE Science Topics:
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE
Investigation Areas:
EARTH AS A SYSTEM
MOSQUITOES
News Topics:
NEWS BRIEFS
Primary Audience:
ALUMNI
PARTNERS
SCIENTISTS
STUDENTS
TEACHERS
Student Research Reports:
INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM REPORT
MISSION MOSQUITO REPORT
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