GLOBE News

The U.S. Global Change Research Program, in collaboration with Smithsonian Institution, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, invites artists to engage in the development of the Fifth National Climate Assessment by creatively visualizing climate change in the United States: its causes, impacts, and manifestations; our shared vulnerabilities; and the strength of our collective response.  >>

Are you participating in the October Urban Heat Island Effect (UHIE) Intensive Observation Period? Then join My NASA and the NASA Educator Professional Development Collaborative (EPDC) for the webinar, “Explore Earth: Understanding the Creation of Urban Heat Islands” on Monday, 17 October at 05:00 p.m. ET.  >>

GLOBE Educators: NASA wants your team of student content producers to produce a video for the NASA eClips™ website. The video challenge engages students in doing activities that can help change their misconceptions about a topic in science. Each tab on the challenge website provides the information and resources needed to produce a NASA Spotlite video.  >>

Have you been keeping up with the latest GLOBE Star Stories? GLOBE Stars are stories of projects, people and extraordinary activities being conducted around the world in connection to GLOBE. These GLOBE Stars are the bright lights that spark our imagination and inspire us with news of GLOBE at work in the world.  >>

The GLOBE Mission Mosquito (GMM) webinar, “The Urban Ecosystem Project: Mosquitoes & Me for Community-Based Sciencing” will be held on Thursday, 13 October, at 02:00 p.m. EDT (06:00 p.m. UTC).  >>

The GLOBE Program invites you to participate in the NASA GLOBE Trees Challenge 2022: “Trees in a Changing Climate.” The challenge will run from 11 October through 11 November.  >>

The GLOBE Implementation Office will be hosting an informational webinar about the 2023 IVSS on Wednesday, 12 October, at 10:00 a.m. MDT (12:00 p.m. EDT/04:00 p.m. UTC). During the webinar, participants will learn “what” a report involves and “how” to submit a report, and about this year’s theme. There will also be a “chat” available, through which participants can ask questions. (To submit questions prior to the webinar, please send an email to mlane@ucar.edu.)  >>

The Trees Around the GLOBE Student Research Campaign will be hosting the webinar: “Year 5 Kickoff: The Importance of Trees and Land Cover, Student Research, and the NASA GLOBE Trees Challenge 2022: "Trees in a Changing Climate” on Tuesday, 11 October, at 02:00 p.m. EDT (06:00 p.m. UTC).  >>

Watch the recent podcast, “Why Measure the Height of Trees” today! Have you ever looked up at a tree and wondered just exactly how tall it really is? Join Brian Campbell, NASA Senior Earth Science Outreach Specialist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, USA, share about the challenge he has for all citizen scientists out there! It's the NASA GLOBE Trees Challenge 2022: Trees in a Changing Climate and he needs YOUR help! Tune in and learn how you can help measure trees for NASA.  >>

Stay tuned to GLOBE Social Media posts in October highlighting Earth Observation Day (11 October), which is part of Earth Science Week (09-15 October). In addition, these efforts will be highlighting the Trees Around the GLOBE Campaign. (Year 05 of the campaign kicks off on 11 October, in conjunction with Earth Observation Day.).  >>