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Students at Longleaf Middle School in Blythewood, SC, are conducting a yearlong surface temperature investigation in their school parking lot.  >>

Over 30 GLOBE-related projects were presented at the 2022 AGU Fall meeting, held 12-16 December 2022 in Chicago, IL.  >>

The 2022 GLOBE North American Regional Meeting (NARM) was held in Reading, PA, on 7 and 8 November 2022, hosted by Berks Nature at The Nature Place. We were fortunate to have had a great mix of participants, including GLOBE Partners, community-based colleagues, public school teachers and administrators, NASA employees, and GLOBE employees.  >>

On 7 and 8 November 2022, GLOBE Partners WestEd/UC Berkeley and the California Academy of Sciences co-hosted an in-person 2022 North America Regional Meeting (NARM) workshop at the Lake Merritt Boathouse in Oakland, CA. GLOBE teachers, partnerships and the GLOBE Implementation Office from Colorado, New Mexico, Alaska and California participated in the in-person event.  >>

Midwest partners from GLOBE Mission Earth, AREN, and Prairie Project joined forces to host “From Midwestern Prairies to City Centers: GLOBE Student Research to Better Our Region’s Environment” at The Toledo Zoo on 7 and 8 November 2022 as part of the GLOBE North American Regional Meeting (NARM). Area teachers who participated were provided stipends to cover the cost of their substitute teachers as well as GLOBE equipment and materials to take back to their classrooms!  >>

The 2022 GLOBE North American Regional Meeting (NARM) took place both virtually 02–04 November and at three in-person professional development workshops 07–08 November.  >>

The Museum of Arts and Science is the largest general purpose museum in Georgia, located on 14 acres in Macon, featuring art and science exhibitions, Full Dome Planetarium, Science on a Sphere, Mini Zoo with over 70 live animals, interactive Discovery House, beautiful Nature Trails, 200 seat Auditorium, Museum Store, and much more.  >>

Berks Nature is not simply a place. It is a feeling you get as you enter its presence. Walking through the grounds and towards the facility, I breathe in, my shoulders release a bit, and I am taken by the place that values nature as essential to our quality of life.  >>

The GLOBE YOUTH GEOSCIENTIST (GYG) program provides a blend of earth system science field research with college readiness and career exploration. The GYG program held their second two-week summer program from June 27 to July 11 under a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).  >>

This summer, NASA Takes GLOBE to Camp provided over 10,000 campers across the United States with opportunities to explore GLOBE Clouds, Trees, Land Cover, Air Quality, Soil, Surface Temperature, and Mosquito Habitats.  >>