GLOBAL News - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

The GLOBE Program would like to invite community members and citizen scientists from around the world to participate in the Mosquito Habitat Photo Challenge. The photo challenge kicked off on Sunday, 25 July, and by Friday, 30 July, there were over 1,800 photos submitted on mosquito larvae, water habitats, and land cover! The challenge runs through 25 August.  >>

The dates for the 2021 North America Regional Meeting (NARM) have been announced: 12-14 October. The U.S. Partner Forum Meeting will take place during the meeting, from 12-13 October. The meeting will be fully virtual this year.  >>

Through a collaboration with Dr. Joi Spraggins (Legacy Bridges STEM Academy) and the NASA Goddard GLOBE Partnership a joint project is being develop to involved GLOBE with a Pennsylvania / East Coast HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) pilot program. Training has already begun with a kick-off schedule for mid-September. This pilot program hopefully will evolve into a multi-year, multi-partner program for under-served, under-represented minority groups.  >>

The GLOBE Mission Mosquito (GMM) webinar, “A Malignant Tale – 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic,” will be held on Thursday, 12 August, at 02:00 p.m. EDT (06:00 p.m. UTC).  >>

The Trees Around the GLOBE Student Research Campaign Webinar: “At Ease with the Trees: Preparing for Student Investigations and Research Projects with the Trees Around the GLOBE Student Research Campaign Team, Session II,” will be held on Tuesday, 10 August, at 12:00 p.m. EDT (04:00 p.m. UTC).  >>

Tip of the Week: Do you need to change the language preference for the GLOBE website? Have you shared a GLOBE website link to a resource that is loading in another language?  >>

Have you had a chance to read the most recent “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” (DEI) blog, written by Rosalba Giarratano, NASA Pathways Intern, and member of the GLOBE Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Working Group?  >>

Have you been keeping up with the latest GLOBE Star Stories? GLOBE Stars are stories of projects, people and extraordinary activities being conducted around the world in connection to GLOBE. These GLOBE Stars are the bright lights that spark our imagination and inspire us with news of GLOBE at work in the world.  >>

Congratulations to the ten GLOBE countries celebrating anniversaries of successful GLOBE implementation during the month of August.  >>

As always, GLOBE continues to work to ensure that your “use” of the website, and associated apps, is as user-friendly as possible.  >>