GLOBAL News - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Collaboration is important to the enduring efforts of The GLOBE Program, and enhances the ability of our community members to learn about their environment and share their findings. The best way to share and collaborate is to log into GLOBE and join the various discussion boards, write a blog, update your profile, and/or enter a measurement. GLOBE wants our community members to be active within the program; therefore, we are requesting that you log in to globe.gov consistently.  >>

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and the 25th anniversary of The GLOBE Program, GLOBE Observer is hosting a month-long citizen science challenge in April 2020. Volunteers are invited to measure the height of as many different trees as possible throughout the month using the Trees Tool in the GLOBE Observer app. The individuals, schools, and registered teams that measure the most trees will be recognized as top observers in the challenge.  >>

U.S. Teachers/Students: On Wednesday, 29 January (4:00 p.m. EST), GLOBE will host a Student Research Symposia (SRS) webinar, “Retrieving Data from the GLOBE Website.”  >>

Join the Urban Heat Island Effect (UHIE)-Surface Temperature Field Campaign Webinar #3 on 11 February (8:00 p.m. EST): “Let’s See What is Making Your Neighborhood SO HOT!”  >>

Tip of the Week: GLOBE Community – If you happen to miss one of GLOBE’s monthly News Briefs, or you want to go back and re-read information about the program, you can easily catch up and stay informed.  >>

YLACES (Youth Learning as Citizen Environmental Scientists), an organization committed to advancing student engagement in science, announces Maura Duffy, Conservation Project Manager at National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, as the winner of its Fifth Annual Youth Environmental Science (YES) Medal.  >>

On Thursday, 23 January, Dr. Helen M. Amos (Science Systems and Applications, Inc., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Greenbelt, Maryland, USA) will host “GLOBE Data Fundamentals: Training 1” at 1:00 p.m. EST (6:00 p.m. UTC).  >>

U.S./Canada K-12 Teachers: The Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision science competition encourages K–12 students to imagine what technology might be like in the future while learning the scientific process in an engaging, hands-on way. The deadline for submissions 10 February.  >>

U.S. GLOBE Teachers: Join the GLOBE Professional Learning Community (PLC) and hear how other GLOBE teachers use GLOBE with their students during a Teacher Watercooler meet-up at 3:00 p.m. EST (USA and Canada) on Wednesday, 22 January.  >>

Bay Watershed Education and Training (BWET) and GLOBE Mission EARTH (GME) will host their second webinar, “What Did We Find in Our Water?” in support of the BWET/GME Water Quality Training. The webinar will be held on 21 January at 8:00 p.m. ET.  >>