News - North America

Dr. John Francis, a long-time friend of GLOBE, is on a 6,000 mile journey to walk across the continent of Africa, from Cape Town to Cairo. Dr. Francis is a well-known environmental educator who stopped riding in motorized vehicles and stopped speaking for 17 years after witnessing an oil spill in the San Francisco Bay, California, USA.  >>

GLOBE Mission Earth invites educators, citizen scientists, and students all over the world to participate in the Urban Heat Island Intensive Observation Period (UHI-IOP) throughout October.  >>

This story was contributed by Joe Carstensen, a science educator in Oregon, Ohio. Joe shares his approach to keeping students engaged while collecting data and presenting their findings.  >>

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) invited area educators to campus on 17 February 2024 to participate in a workshop celebrating the GLOBE Program’s Year of Climate and Carbon. The dynamics of this group of educators created an exciting and successful learning experience for participants as well as workshop leaders.  >>

The Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, a GLOBE Partnership, has been collaborating with the San Francisco National Estuarine Research Reserve for three years. The National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) system is a partnership between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) and coastal states, and supports the interconnectedness of people and estuary ecosystems.  >>

GLOBE encourages learners to make observations of their environment, and it can provide an effective avenue to support language development while engaging in authentic science! This is a Top 5 List of Must-Have English-Spanish Resources About Clouds.  >>

GLOBE anima a los alumnos a realizar observaciones de su entorno y puede proporcionar una vía eficaz para apoyar el desarrollo del lenguaje mientras participan en ciencia auténtica. Esta es una lista de cinco recursos imprescindibles en inglés y español sobre las nubes.  >>

This summer, one teacher and eight students from the Health Sciences and Technology Academy (HSTA) at West Virginia University (WVU) participated in a week-long camp in Morgantown, West Virginia, that focused on learning about The GLOBE Program, using GLOBE activities to take measurements, and sharing and discussing findings. The students who participated in this GLOBE summer camp will become mentors to middle school programs, to share what they learned and to lead GLOBE activities.   >>

The 2024 GLOBE Annual Meeting was chock full of presentations, informal gatherings, and discussions. Nearly 30 U.S. GLOBE Partners and educators presented about their GLOBE work and led sessions to help others learn about protocols.  >>

On June 6, a cheer went up through the crowd that gathered to witness the unveiling of the Water Tent, part of the Earth Around Us tent program produced by the New Hampshire GLOBE Program based at the Leitzel Center at the University of New Hampshire. The crowd comprised nearly 75 Kindergarten through grade 5 students and their teachers at the Maple Street Magnet School in Rochester, N.H.  >>