News - United States of America

NASA satellites and other observing instruments are vital to monitoring environmental changes. The 2014 Thacher Environmental Research Contest, sponsored by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, challenges U.S. high school students to submit research projects focused on the use of remote sensing and analysis tools.  >>

NASA invites you -- and everyone else on the planet -- to take part in a worldwide celebration of Earth Day this year with the agency's #GlobalSelfie event.  >>

Registration for the 2014 GLOBE Learning Expedition (GLE), and 18th Annual GLOBE Partner Meeting is open! Join us in the GLOBE community's most exciting event of 2014, in New Delhi, from 3 – 8 August.  >>

A new and improved Honor Roll system will be available on the GLOBE website. The original recognition system was termed the GLOBE Chief Scientist's Honor Roll. The GLOBE Science Honor Roll is a way for GLOBE to recognize the data contributions of GLOBE students and schools. Additionally, in response to the great feedback we have received from the GLOBE community, a number of enhancements have been added to the Workshop, and News and Events applications.  >>

The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Conference in Boston, 3–6 April, promises to be an exciting weekend. Be sure to visit GLOBE staff and partners at both the NOAA booth (#614) and the NASA booth (#1324). Read more about GLOBE presentations at the conference.  >>

Read the message from our Sponsors to the 366 GLOBE teachers, trainers and master trainers who completed the recent survey relating to the development of online training materials.  >>

Do you have ideas to bring the thrill of biology and real world connections to your students? Share your lesson ideas and connect with professional scientists who can provide feedback and help clarify and update content to keep your students engaged and interested in biological sciences at the Education Share Fair.  >>

Join Mika Vanhanen, Former GLOBE teacher in Finland, and current founder, CEO of ENO - Environment Online in the "Treelympics" an international tree-planting competition. Celebrate 10 years of ENO, and help acheive ENO's committment to planting 100 million trees by 2017!  >>

The North America Partner Meeting and Train the Trainer Workshop begins on 31 March. Deadline to make your hotel reservation is Friday, 14 March. Here is all the information that you need to make your arrangements.  >>

Plans for the GLOBE Program were announced on Earth Day 1994 in Washington D.C., and one year later, on Earth Day 1995, The GLOBE Program officially began operations. It's understandable why Earth Day is such an important day for the GLOBE community.  >>