News - University of Arkansas

Check out the new GLOBE Trees Family Guide – a place to learn, with family and friends, all about trees. Using the guide, you can look at tree-related science themes, such as tree height, trees and carbon, impacts on trees, and trees as habitats, through a series of science journeys.  >>

The GLOBE Earth Day page is up! Come and see what the GLOBE Implementation Office (GIO) has in store for you on Earth Day, 22 April.  >>

The Trees Around the GLOBE Student Research Campaign webinar: “Trees are Long Term: Looking Back at GLOBE Tree Data for Tree Growth and Tracking Tree Growth Over Time,” will be held on Tuesday, 20 April, at 01:00 p.m. EDT (05:00 p.m. UTC).  >>

Are you proud to be a part of our great GLOBE community? Have you ever thought about how, together, we might become an even more cohesive, committed, and vibrant community if we could ensure that every voice is heard?  >>

National American Sign Language (ASL) Day is on 15 April 2021. Join Jillian Anderson (Lexington School for the Deaf, New York, USA), Rosalba Giarratano (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, USA) and Julie Malmberg (GIO) to learn some sign language!  >>

U.S. Teachers: The Certified American Meteorological Society (AMS) Teacher (CAT) Program was established by the AMS to recognize and support educators actively engaged in raising Earth science literacy. CAT specifically connects K-12 educators to AMS, which strengthens their connection to the atmospheric science community and its resources.  >>

U.S. GLOBE Teachers: Join the GLOBE Teacher Panel on Working with STEM Mentors in the Classroom, which will be held on 14 April at 07:00 p.m. EST.  >>

From 19-23 April, the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) is hosting the nation’s largest celebration of environmental education in the United States for the 17th Annual National Environmental Education Week (EE Week). Each year, NEEF partners with educators, students, government agencies, businesses, communities, nonprofit organizations, and others to inspire environmental learning and encourage stewardship of essential resources: land, air, and water.  >>

Tip of the Week: GLOBE community members – as you explore GLOBE, keep in mind that there are many answers already available to you on the website.  >>

Beginning 15 April, The GLOBE Program will host the 2021 Trees Community Challenge, aimed at making science better together by encouraging participants to collect data and learn all about trees.  >>