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By Dorian Wood Janney, posted Oct 21, 2019 1:28:21 PM

  Water- the world's most precious resource. All around the world, NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement mission is collected data on how much precipitation is falling to Earth.  NASA has just released its newest and most comprehensive estimate of rain and snow covering nearly 20 years. Version 6 of NASA's IMERG -- the Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) -- combines information from a constellation of satellites are operating in Earth orbit, at a given time, to estimate precipitation over the majority of the Earth's ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION   EDUCATION RESEARCH   SCIENCE AND MATH   TECHNOLOGY   STEM   Event Topics: CAMPAIGNS AND PROJECTS (IOPS, ETC)   SCIENCE SYMPOSIA AND FAIRS   Field Campaigns: SEASONS AND BIOMES   WATERSHEDS   EL NIÑO   SURFACE TEMPERATURE   GPM   GLOBE Science Topics: BACKYARD SCIENCE   CLIMATE   CLIMATE CHANGE   DATA INCLUDED   GLOBE PROTOCOLS   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE   SCIENTIST SKILLS   GLOBE Working Groups: SCIENCE WORKING GROUP   EDUCATION WORKING GROUP   TECHNOLOGY WORKING GROUP   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   News Topics: COMPETITIONS   SCRC RESEARCH   VIRTUAL SCIENCE FAIR   Student Research Reports: STANDARD RESEARCH REPORT   INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM REPORT   U.S. STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIA (SRS)   MISSION EARTH REPORT   MISSION MOSQUITO REPORT  

GLOBE teacher Vicky Gorman and her middle school students have been working hard to help reduce the threat of mosquito-transmitted disease in their region. Before they began to use the Mosquito Habitat Mapper, they did some research to find out which mosquito-transmitted diseases are found in their location. They live in Burlington County, New Jersey, outlined in red below.  Based on a brochure produced by the NJ government about mosquitoes in their state, the students found out that the two most prevalent diseases transmitted by mosquitoes are West Nile virus and Eastern ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: EDUCATION RESEARCH   SCIENCE AND MATH   STEM   Event Topics: CAMPAIGNS AND PROJECTS (IOPS, ETC)   GLOBE LEARNING EXPEDITIONS   SCIENCE SYMPOSIA AND FAIRS   WORKSHOPS   Field Campaigns: SEASONS AND BIOMES   WATERSHEDS   EL NIÑO   SURFACE TEMPERATURE   GLOBE Science Topics: CLIMATE   CLIMATE CHANGE   GLOBE PROTOCOLS   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   SCIENTIST SKILLS   MEETINGS/CONFERENCES   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   LAND COVER/BIOLOGY   SOIL   News Topics: COMPETITIONS   MEETINGS   SCRC RESEARCH   VIRTUAL SCIENCE FAIR   Primary Audience: ALUMNI   COUNTRY COORDINATORS   PARTNERS   SCIENTISTS   STUDENTS   TEACHERS   TRAINERS   Student Research Reports: STANDARD RESEARCH REPORT   INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM REPORT   U.S. STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIA (SRS)   MISSION EARTH REPORT   MISSION MOSQUITO REPORT   Teacher's Guide: DOCUMENT TYPES   INVESTIGATION AREA DOCUMENTS  

  Patchara Pongmanawut , a GLOBE teacher at the Princess Chulabhorn Science High School in the Trang Province in Thailand, has been doing fantastic work with her students.  These students have been at the top of the Mosquito Habitat Mapper Honor Roll for the past month, and show no sign of slowing down!     "In Thailand, there are many mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue, chikungunya, malaria, Japanese encephalitis, West Nile fever, St. Louis encephalitis, filariasis and Zika", Pongmanawut says. This has really inspired her and her students to go ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: EDUCATION RESEARCH   SCIENCE AND MATH   STEM   Event Topics: CAMPAIGNS AND PROJECTS (IOPS, ETC)   OTHER   SCIENCE SYMPOSIA AND FAIRS   COMPETITIONS   Field Campaigns: SEASONS AND BIOMES   WATERSHEDS   SMAP   EL NIÑO   SURFACE TEMPERATURE   GLOBE Science Topics: BACKYARD SCIENCE   CLIMATE   CLIMATE CHANGE   GLOBE PROTOCOLS   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   SCIENTIST SKILLS   MEETINGS/CONFERENCES   GLOBE Working Groups: SCIENCE WORKING GROUP   EDUCATION WORKING GROUP   TECHNOLOGY WORKING GROUP   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   News Topics: COMPETITIONS   SCRC RESEARCH   VIRTUAL SCIENCE FAIR   Primary Audience: ALUMNI   COUNTRY COORDINATORS   PARTNERS   SCIENTISTS   STUDENTS   TEACHERS   TRAINERS   Student Research Reports: INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM REPORT   MISSION MOSQUITO REPORT   Teacher's Guide: INVESTIGATION AREA DOCUMENTS  

It is the middle of winter here in Maryland, and it is cold!  We had a lot of snow last week, and are expecting more precipitation later this week.  Even though I know we have no active mosquitoes outside, I am still using the GLOBE Observer Mosquito Habitat Mapper.  If you are also living somewhere where mosquitoes aren't currently active, we hope you will consider collecting data as well, so you will be prepared when active mosquito season arrives.   Wondering what kind of data you can collect when there are no active mosquitoes?  Great ...

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Posted in: Curriculum: EDUCATION RESEARCH   SCIENCE AND MATH   STEM   Event Topics: CAMPAIGNS AND PROJECTS (IOPS, ETC)   SCIENCE SYMPOSIA AND FAIRS   Field Campaigns: SEASONS AND BIOMES   WATERSHEDS   SMAP   EL NIÑO   SURFACE TEMPERATURE   GPM   GLOBE Science Topics: BACKYARD SCIENCE   CLIMATE   CLIMATE CHANGE   DATA INCLUDED   GENERAL SCIENCE   GLOBE PROTOCOLS   EARTH AS A SYSTEM   EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE   SCIENTIST SKILLS   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   Student Research Reports: INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM REPORT   U.S. STUDENT RESEARCH SYMPOSIA (SRS)   MISSION MOSQUITO REPORT   Teacher's Guide: INVESTIGATION AREA DOCUMENTS