GLOBE News

Congratulations to the GLOBE Observer Team! Their hard work to develop and successfully launch the GLOBE Observer App has been noticed by NASA! The team is being recognized for a GROUP NASA Honor Award – for “sustained excellence in delivering critical SMD mission educational content to students and expanding it to citizen scientists.” The award will be presented to the team at the NASA Honor Ceremony at the Langley Research Center in Virginia, USA, this fall.  >>

GLOBE teachers – there’s no doubt that you’re already well aware of the coming eclipse (21 August), but did you know that there are GLOBE science investigations that you can use with your students to enhance this amazing experience? Check them out here!  >>

Congratulations to the students of four schools who were selected by random drawing today to receive a stipend to help defray the cost of attending the GLOBE Annual Meeting in News Haven Connecticut in New Haven this summer.  >>

Have you read the latest GLOBE ENSO Student Research Campaign blog, “The Science of ENSO!” written by Brian Campbell, NASA Senior Earth Science Education Specialist?  >>

The GLOBE Program invites you to join the ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) Data Entry Challenge. The goal of the challenge, which began on 22 April and runs through 22 July, is to involve students in the GLOBE ENSO Student Research Campaign.  >>

What is causing severe social and economic impacts in Peru? A recent GLOBE Community Blog by Claudia Cecilia Caro Vera, “El Niño Costero In Perú: A Story to Tell” explains that the answer to this question is “El Niño Costero” – a unique variation of El Niño (ENSO) that occurs when there is an irregular increase in the temperature of the ocean surface restricted to Peruvian and Ecuadorian coasts. If you’d like to learn more about this phenomenon – and if you’d like to help the people of Perú affected by El Niño Costero – please read the entire blog here!  >>

Tip of the Week: GLOBE Teachers: If you haven’t visited “GLOBE Across the Curriculum” pages on the GLOBE website lately, you may want to check out the tips and resources available to you!  >>

Register today for the GLOBE ENSO Student Research Campaign webinar: “Technology and Engineering.” The webinar will take place on Tuesday, 16 May, at 8:00 p.m. EDT (12:00 a.m. UTC). You can join this webinar by registering here.  >>

European region witnessed 48 schools from 7 countries competing in the 2017 Earth Day video Contest. Although all the videos submitted were excellent, only one got the opportunity to be featured in the Earth Day 2017 GLOBE Broadcast. Nevertheless we want to present all of them now.  >>

Tip of the Week: GLOBE eTraining, which was introduced to the community on Earth Day 2016, provides the opportunity for new and existing GLOBE users to complete science protocol training at anytime, anywhere. GLOBE eTraining consists of multiple downloadable training modules, interactive digital field and lab experiences, online assessments for each module, and access to support through online discussion forums. Thanks to eTraining, teachers can join the GLOBE community today!  >>