News - North America

We continue working through a major GLOBE website system upgrade. Website users will not see likely see results until 2025. At the same time, we're making progress on a number of tasks. Read more.  >>

The 2024 North American Regional Meeting (NARM) was held virtually over three days, 15–17 October, for three hours each day. Amy Chen, the GLOBE program officer at NASA, and GLOBE Implementation Office leadership opened the meeting with welcomes, highlights, and updates on GLOBE activities. Over the three days, 90 people attended, making it the most well-attended virtual NARM in the GLOBE Program’s history. Forty-eight people attended all three days. Learn more.  >>

There are many opportunities as a GLOBE member to connect with peers around the world, participate in global environmental research, and advance sustainable development goals through the transformative power of science and diplomacy. Learn more about GLOBE and specifically the UNITAR Global Diplomacy Initiative (GDI) Fellowship Program  >>

Another successful Fall 2024 Student Field Days at Earth Heart Farms has just concluded! Between 3 October and 17 October, over 350 students from Northwest Ohio K-12 schools visited, experienced nature firsthand, and enjoyed perfect weather for explorations. GLOBE Mission EARTH staff instructed students on collecting GLOBE data using Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere and Pedosphere protocols. Local conservation professionals served as volunteers in helping students investigate flora and fauna.  >>

Learn how to access data from the GLOBE Visualization System and Advanced Data Access Tool (ADAT) to support students with their 2025 International Virtual Science Symposium (IVSS) projects.  >>

The GLOBE Observer Android update released on Monday, 30 September, resulted in some Android users losing GLOBE data. Learn more on how to prevent data loss.  >>

GLOBE Mission Earth invites educators, citizen scientists, and students all over the world to participate in the UHI-IOP throughout October. You and your students can be part of this important data collection by collecting surface temperature, air temperature, and cloud observations.  >>

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.  >>