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Tip of the Week: Want to upload photos or videos to the GLOBE Website? Watch this demonstration video and learn how to upload today!  >>

September 2018 News Brief Left  >>

In August, Zika virus mitigation efforts extended across international borders as Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay held a joint “Triple Frontier” Country Mosquito Training (CMT) in support of the GLOBE Zika Education and Prevention project.  >>

Have questions about land cover types, the GLOBE Observer app, our current Land Cover Challenge, app development, or land science in general? The Land Cover team will be on Reddit to answer your questions.  >>

Thanks to a newly established Teacher Travel Grant Program, funding is being provided to U.S. teachers (K-12) who wish to participate in the 99th American Meteorological Society (AMS) Meeting, which will take place 06-10 January 2019 in Phoenix, Arizona. In an effort to increase science literacy, AMS is committed to providing teachers with the opportunity to interact directly with scientists as an attendee at the meeting.  >>

Have you been keeping up with what’s going on in the GLOBE community? One way to achieve that is to keep up with the latest blogs posted by GLOBE community members, including the latest blog: “GLOBE at the Mescalero Apache School,” written by GLOBE teacher Nate Raynor.  >>

A new University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Center for Science Education (SciEd) Satellites and Weather Teaching Box is now available!  >>

On Tuesday, 25 September, the Trees Around the GLOBE Student Research Campaign Kick-off webinar will be held at 2:00 p.m. EDT (6:00 p.m. UTC).  >>

Tip of the Week: Need a Project Collaborator? Then visit the GLOBE website and use this handy tool to find GLOBE community members who are interested in collaborating on GLOBE projects, protocols, and/or other activities!  >>

GLOBE Teachers: GLOBE would like to invite you and your students to particpate in an international hydrology data-collection event that will take place from 02-08 October. In conjunction with the GLOBE expedition to Lake Victoria in Africa and Pokhara Lake in Nepal, you can take your students on a scientific journey to a lake in your area, collect data, and then enter the data into the GLOBE website – for eventual comparison with similar data taken around the world.  >>