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U.S. GLOBE Teachers and Partners: Join the Watercoolers in January Watercoolers are held most Thursdays, at 04:10 p.m. EST. They provide an informal opportunity to connect with other GLOBE teachers and partners to share ideas. Each week begins with a presentation from a teacher or partner, with time for questions and conversation following.  >>

Congratulations to the seven GLOBE countries celebrating anniversaries of successful GLOBE implementation during the month of January.  >>

As always, GLOBE continues to work to ensure that your “use” of the website, and associated apps, is as user-friendly as possible. Work this month focuses on new and upcoming capabilities to support teachers, students, and GLOBE teams.  >>

The GLOBE Implementation Office, including the Community Support Team, will be closed Monday, 17 January, in order to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2022.  >>

On Tuesday, 18 January (09:00 a.m. MST), the GIO will be hosting the webinar, “Conducting a Literature Review for your IVSS Project.” The speaker will be Juan Felipe Restrepo Mesa, who is the Knowledge Management Chief, Environmental Education Coordinator, and Biontessori's Research Group Leader for Colegio Montessori de Cartagena in Colombia, South America. In 2017, Juan joined The GLOBE Program as a teacher, and in 2018 became a Mosquito Habitat Mapper (The GLOBE Program’s app, GLOBE Observer, tool) Master Trainer. In 2020, he took part in the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Task Force, and is currently a GLOBE's DEI Working Group member. Juan was an IVSS judge in 2020 and 2021.  >>

During this year's challenge, which runs 15 January through 15 February, GLOBE is asking you to observe clouds in two ways. Make sure to consider the following: How do the clouds above your head connect to what's happening on a global scale?  >>

The Trees Around the GLOBE Student Research Campaign will be hosting the webinar: “Looking at Trees Across Africa with a Special Presentation on the ‘Unexpectedly Large Count of Trees in the Western African Sahara and Sahel.’ Region Focus: Africa,” on Tuesday, 11 January, at 11:00 a.m. EST (04:00 p.m. UTC).  >>

The GLOBE Mission Mosquito (GMM) webinar, “Projects for the GLOBE International Virtual Science Symposium Using GLOBE Observer Mosquito Habitat Mapper and Land Cover” will be held on Thursday, 13 January, at 02:00 p.m. EST (06:00 p.m. UTC).  >>

Make plans to attend one of the following information and training opportunities as part of the NASA GLOBE Cloud Challenge 2022: Clouds in a Changing Climate.  >>

“Did you know that clouds can both warm and cool our planet? Keeping an eye on clouds helps NASA study our climate. You can notice some of these changes by just looking at the clouds,” Marilé Colón Robles (lead for the GLOBE Clouds Team at NASA's Langley Research Center) said in a recent blog, “Clouds in a Changing Climate.”  >>