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Miss NASA GLOBE Program Manager’s Presentation on The GLOBE Program at COP26? Watch it Now!
If you missed the U.S. Center COP26 – NASA Hyperwall Presentation: The GLOBE Program – Engaging Youth and Citizen Scientists in Understanding Our Environment, which was given by GLOBE’s NASA Program Manager, Dr. Allison Leidner, on 05 November, watch it today!
The COP26 summit, held from 31 October through 12 November, brings parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The U.S. Center is the location for learning more about U.S. climate action at COP26. The U.S. Center features in-person and virtual events throughout the two weeks and showcases the diversity of actors and actions that are working together to combat the climate crisis.
In the presentation, Dr. Leidner provides an overview of NASA Earth science to demonstrate where The GLOBE Program fits into NASA’s agency objectives to understand the Earth and to inspire and engage the public. An important aspect of NASA’s goal to learn how and why Earth works the way it does is ground-based observations from students and citizen scientists, “and that’s where The GLOBE Program fits in,” Dr. Leidner said.
“In our 26th year, we now have 126 countries on six continents that participate. We’ve trained tens of thousands of teachers, and have hundreds of thousands of citizen scientists, and over 200 million measurements in the GLOBE database.”
“GLOBE is a phenomenal program,” Dr. Leidner said, “and I hope that this short talk piques your interest to work with us.”
To watch Dr. Leidner’s presentation on The GLOBE Program, click here.
To learn more about COP26, click here.
News origin: GLOBE Implementation Office