News - NASA Langley Research Center

You don’t have to be a professional scientist to contribute to our understanding of Earth’s climate. Join NOAA Citizen Science Coordinator John McLaughlin to learn how.  >>

Tip of the Week: Have you visited the web tutorial section of the GLOBE website lately? The resources on these pages can help you understand, and work with, the various parts of the GLOBE website.  >>

Lake Victoria Learning Expedition Update: Two scientists, Martin Steinson and Paul Kucera, from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) will join the Expedition in September. Following the Expedition, they will hold a week-long training, 26-30 September, covering revolutionary 3D-printed weather stations.  >>

Tip of the Week: GLOBE Teachers: If you haven’t visited “GLOBE Across the Curriculum” pages on the GLOBE website lately, you may want to check out the tips and resources available to you!  >>

Brian Campbell, NASA Senior Earth Science Education Specialist and NASA Lead for the GLOBE El Niño Field Campaign has posted a video tutorial on how to correctly use the SMAP Overflights Tool.  >>

The GLOBE Program, YLACES (Youth Learning As Citizen Environmental Scientists), GLOBE Africa Regional Coordinating Office (RCO), and GLOBE Kenya invite you to attend the first Lake Victorial Learning Expedition. The event will take place from 18 September through 24 September 2016.  >>

Read the latest GLOBE El Niño Field Campaign blog and find out how the changes brought about by El Niño can have fatal consequences for marine life in the Pacific – Death by El Niño!  >>

Why join the GLOBE International STEM Network (GISN)? As a GISN member, you can meaningfully connect with an international network of STEM professionals who work with GLOBE students around the world conducting science.  >>

Did you catch the latest blog posted by Dr. Dixon Butler (who served as Chief Scientist of GLOBE from 1996 through 2003), “Heat Lamps for Drying Soil Samples”?  >>

On August 2nd, 2016, NASA Langley hosted a Youth Day event, inviting employees to bring their children and families to the NASA campus. A diversity of activity centers were organized, offering youth an exciting insight into space technologies, flight innovations, and Earth science research at NASA Langley. GLOBE was visible and active at the event, attracting 825 visitors to the activity booths for the GLOBE Observer app, S’COOL-CERES, CALIPSO, and GLOBE elementary programs. Youth were particularly interested in the CALIPSO demonstration. CALIPSO is a GLOBE Partner Satellite Mission that observes the vertical distribution of clouds and aerosols and their role in the heating and cooling of Earth using Lidar technology. Families could observe how lasers, held atop a terrarium, interacted with the aerosols (sand and dirt) that were blown into the air. Families were also encouraged to make their own observations of the sky by submitting cloud observations to NASA using the new GLOBE Observer app. Next year, Langley plans to offer a community youth day, open to the public in celebration of their 100th anniversary.  >>