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2012-11-15
Announcing Winners of Calendar Art Competition
Beginning 15 November, the GLOBE Program Office (GPO) will begin to announce the winners on the GLOBE Facebook Page. Over successive days, the winners of each region will be displayed.  >>

2012-11-12
SCRC Webinar - Tuesday 13 November
Join the GLOBE Program Office science and education team on Tuesday, 13 November 2012 for the quarterly update on the Student Climate Research Campaign (SCRC).  >>

2012-11-01
GLOBE e-Training: Community Input Requested
The GLOBE Program Office (GPO) is seeking community participation, input and feedback as it builds a robust online GLOBE training (e-Training) platform. It is planned that this will be a model for more e-Training in the future.  >>

2012-11-01
Community Spotlight - Dana Votápková
For almost two decades, Dana Votápková, of Prague, Czech Republic, significantly contributes to the implementation of GLOBE in the Czech Republic.  >>

2012-10-31
Facebook is Money Motivated... GLOBE is Making Changes
Now that Facebook is a publicly traded company, it requires GLOBE (and all other non-profits, companies, etc.) to pay to promote status updates. While the "pay-to-play" model goes against the very fabric of what Facebook was founded on, the new reality means that people––like you––who have already "liked" our Facebook page, may no longer see our posts unless GLOBE pays Facebook to promote each post.  >>

2012-10-22
Tune in to GLOBE Webinar 23 October
The GLOBE Program Office (GPO) is hosting a series of webinars to help facilitate your participation in Phase Two of the Student Climate Research Campaign (SCRC). The next one is: Using Long-term Data to Study Climate Tuesday, 23 October - 17:00 UTC  >>

2012-10-20
GLOBE Website Data Transfer
The data transfer processes for protocols as well as website performance tuning work continues to move forward as planned. It is important to note that during this process, the measurement metric (located on the front page of the website) and data entry metrics presented on site pages may vary in the upcoming months.  >>

2012-10-15
GLOBE Photo of the Week
Following her presentation "GLOBE on a Budget" at the 41st Annual Conference of the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) in Oakland, California, GLOBE Program Office Scientist Jessica Mackaro engages with students at nearby Oakland High School  >>

2012-10-02
New Photo Upload for Climate and Land Cover Project
The month of October is an Intensive Observing Period (IOP) for the Climate and Land Cover (CLC) Project. The GLOBE Program Office has created a photo upload link in the data entry pages for community members who are participating. These links will store your photos, which will be available on the new GLOBE visualization system in the future.  >>

2012-10-01
GLOBE Phenology and Climate Project
The phenology and climate project is a new research effort between GLOBE schools and climate scientists to improve our understanding of how climate affects the cycles of plants. It is the newest project in the Student Climate Research Campaign (SCRC) and it is a lot of fun for teachers to do with their students.  >>