GLOBE News

GLOBE Educators: You are invited to NASA’s 2021 virtual STEM-a-Thon: Explore Your Possibilities with NASA event, which will take place on Thursday, 18 November, from 08:00 a.m. to 08:00 p.m. ET.  >>

At this week's Watercooler U.S. GLOBE Partner Forum representative Kimberly Davis (Florida A&M University, Florida) will introduce herself and talk about her Partnership.  >>

The Trees Around the GLOBE Student Research Campaign will be hosting the webinar: “Introducing the Trees Around the GLOBE 50 Years of Data Challenge: How has Land Cover and Tree Height Changed in Your Location in the Last 50 Years? Region Focus: Asia and Pacific” on Tuesday, 16 November, at 01:00 p.m. ET (05:00 p.m. UTC).  >>

Tip of the Week: The GLOBE Program Annual Reviews are available online. These yearly documents vibrantly chronicle many of the events, activities, and dedicated achievements of GLOBE members from around the world.  >>

Entre el 9 y el 12 de noviembre se llevó a cabo la segunda edición virtual de la Reunión Regional anual de GLOBE LAC que realizó virtualmente a causa de la situación epidemiológica mundial.  >>

A recent article (29 October 2021),” App Tracks Harmful Mosquitoes with Help from Crowdsourced Science,” written by Elizabeth Thompson, and published in Eos (Science News of American Geophysical Union/AGU), highlights the ability of volunteers to support research and fight mosquito populations using The GLOBE Program’s app, GLOBE Observer, Mosquito Habitat Mapper Tool.  >>

If you missed the U.S. Center COP26 – NASA Hyperwall Presentation: The GLOBE Program – Engaging Youth and Citizen Scientists in Understanding Our Environment, which was given by GLOBE’s NASA Program Manager, Dr. Allison Leidner, on 05 November, watch it today!  >>

On Wednesday, 10 November (07:00 p.m. ET), GLOBE Mission EARTH (GME) and My NASA Data will be hosting the webinar, “Tools for Studying the Urban Heat Island Effect (UHIE)”  >>

The annual National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Awards and Recognition Program, which recognizes exceptional and innovative science educators, began in 1973. The NSTA Awards and Recognition Program was created to raise awareness and to expose the outstanding work being done in the science education field. It honors exceptional and innovative science educators and principals for their outstanding work. Applications for the 2021-2022 awards cycle are being accepted – all entries must be received by 17 December.  >>

“Have you heard there is a new clouds project? It is called NASA GLOBE CLOUD GAZE. It is a merger of GLOBE Clouds and The Zooniverse online citizen science platform. A one-week pacing guide is now available,” Marilé Colón Robles, principal investigator for CLOUD GAZE and the Project Scientist for NASA GLOBE Clouds at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, USA, said in a recent blog.  >>