GLOBAL News - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

In April, NASA's GLOBE Observer (GO) launched the new GLOBE Observer “Clouds Wizard.” application encourages citizen scientists and members of the GLOBE community to use their mobile phone to make measurements of the world around them. One component in the application supports users with the ability to photograph and identify the clouds they see in their sky.  >>

New: GLOBE community members can share webinars, videos, and/or links to resources. Although the GLOBE Implementation Office (GIO) is unable to host any additional meetings throughout the week, GIO can share items that do not conflict with already scheduled events.  >>

The NASA GLOBE Clouds team has put together a family guide filled with activities and resources great to do as a family from your home. (El equipo NASA GLOBE nubes ha preparado una guía para familias llena de actividades y recursos tremendas para realizar haceren family en tu hogar.)  >>

Check out this “Special Edition: Help K12 Students Learn About Earth From Home” collection of K-12 educational resources to support teachers with distance learning and families who are doing their own instructional endeavors about weather, climate, air quality, the Sun and space weather, and other Earth science topics. This collection was put together by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Center for Science Education, a GLOBE partner.  >>

GLOBE Community: Read the recent Community Blog written by Brian Campbell, NASA Senior Earth Science Education Specialist, “Why The GLOBE European Phenology Campaign is Awesome!”  >>

The theme of this year’s World Environment Day, 05 June, is “It’s Time for Nature” – celebrating biodiversity. World Environment Day is the United Nation’s most important day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the protection of our environment. Since it began in 1974, it has grown to become a global platform for public outreach that is widely celebrated in over 100 countries.  >>

On Thursday, 04 June, at 2:00 p.m. ET (7:00 p.m. UTC), GLOBE Mission Mosquito (GMM) will host a webinar, “Meet Up and Do Science – Connecting the Drops: The Relationship between Precipitation and Mosquitoes.”  >>

The Trees Around the GLOBE Student Research Campaign webinar “GLOBE IVSS and Club de Ciencias Huechulafquen in Argentina: An Overview of the Combination of Trees, Land Cover, Water Quality, and Mosquito Habitats,” will be held on Tuesday, 02 June, at 4:00 p.m. EDT (8:00 p.m. UTC).  >>

Congratulations to the 13 GLOBE countries celebrating anniversaries of successful GLOBE implementation during the month of June.  >>

Tip of the Week: If you’ve been waiting for the perfect time to share your GLOBE data, seize the moment and enter it now!  >>