News - University of Arkansas

Following the announcement from GLOBE federal sponsors on the outcome of the GIO cooperative agreement competition on 17 April, 2024, GPO, UCAR GIO, the new GIO team from both the Education Development Center (EDC) and The City University of New York (CUNY), GLOBE Data and Information System (DIS), the GLOBE Observer team, and GLOBE federal co-sponsors have all been hard at work to plan and execute the GIO transition. The overarching goal of the transition activities is for the new GIO team (EDC and CUNY) to understand how various GIO functional groups have operated over the years. This ensures necessary continuity and knowledge transfer to facilitate EDC and CUNY’s planning of the programmatic support they will provide for GLOBE’s worldwide community given their vision.  >>

At the end of May the GLOBE Clouds team met a significant milestone. They matched 1 million GLOBE clouds observations to geostationary satellite data! You can help the team get to 2 million by downloading the GLOBE Observer app and observing the clouds near you. Learn more about the NASA GLOBE Cloud protocol and how researchers are matching GLOBE cloud observations with satellite data to create a deeper understanding of clouds.  >>

Early bird registration is open now until 30 June!  >>

New Learning Activities Tool and eTraining for Protocols available now!  >>

GLOBE will be joined by researchers from UCAR's Center for Ocean Leadership to discuss the role of the ocean in the global climate, current research into ocean-climate connections, and how GLOBE data supports understanding more about the world's oceans.  >>

Join us as Peder Nelson highlights several lessons and online data that will help educators assist students in bridging the gap between the ground-based GLOBE measurements and the satellite data.  >>

Join us on 21 May at 12:00 p.m. ET for an informal conversation with Mosquito Habitat Mapper science lead Rusty Low and GLOBE volunteers who are working to find mosquito habitats in Arizona.  >>

Volunteers from over 90 countries collected more than 23,000 GLOBE Clouds observations, generating 25,444 satellite matches.  >>

The April 2024 eclipse was a great time to observe clouds. This NASA Earth Observatory article explains why.  >>

Results from April's eclipse, new Learning Activities Tool, and updated eTraining Protocols.  >>