GLOBE News

Join GLOBE Observer LIVE for a special Facebook Live event all about Trees on 26 March 2018 at 3:00 p.m. EDT.  >>

Healthy forests play a crucial role in Earth’s ecosystem as growing trees take up carbon from the atmosphere. NASA satellites and airborne missions study forests to see how carbon moves through ecosystems – and now citizen scientists can help investigate this key question as well by using their smartphone to measure tree height.  >>

Please be advised that the website will be undergoing maintenance and will be down between 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, 24 October 2018 (11:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. 24/08/2018 UTC).  >>

Citizen scientists from all of the GLOBE regions -- and from 25 countries -- participated in the 2018 Land Cover Challenge.  >>

Happy Citizen Science Day 2018! This week on the NASA GLOBE Observer social media pages (Facebook and Twitter) you can learn more about seven other citizen science projects that you can do with NASA.  >>

Please be advised that the website will be undergoing maintenance and will be down beginning 4:00 p.m. PT on Friday, 9 February 2018 (11:00 pm UTC).  >>

The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment, or GLOBE, Program is a NASA-supported research and education program that encourages students and citizen scientists to collect and analyze environmental observations. GLOBE Observer is a free, easy-to-use app that guides citizen scientists through data collection.  >>

Would you like to see, how a green wave of vegetation moves through Europe during the spring? Join Phenology campaign 2017 and try a brand new GrowApp. New flyer with information about the campaign is now available.  >>

Motivate and Attract Students to Science (MASS) Project is operated under the platform of the GLOBE Program in 8 European countries. We invite you to join the Open Conference in NEMO Science Center in Amsterdam, November 25th-27th, the first public event of the project that brings together experts in the field of education, teaching, training, and applied science from European countries.  >>

A new and improved Honor Roll system will be available on the GLOBE website. The original recognition system was termed the GLOBE Chief Scientist's Honor Roll. The GLOBE Science Honor Roll is a way for GLOBE to recognize the data contributions of GLOBE students and schools. Additionally, in response to the great feedback we have received from the GLOBE community, a number of enhancements have been added to the Workshop, and News and Events applications.  >>