The GLOBE News Brief – June 2024
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GLOBE Implementation Office (GIO) Transition | |
Looking Forward to Working with You!
The GLOBE Implementation Office (GIO) is undergoing a transition, as teams from Education Development Center (EDC) and City University of New York (CUNY) begin their work to support the GLOBE community. We would like to thank UCAR for their commitment to GLOBE. You can find details about the transition in this recent announcement.
Members of the new GIO team will be at the 2024 GLOBE Annual Meeting. We hope to see you there.
Happy World Ocean's Month!
–Rebecca Lewis, EDC, & Rebecca Boger, CUNY – GIO co-leads
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Annual Meeting Announcements | |
2024 GLOBE Annual Meeting—"Early Bird" Registration Rates Ending Soon
Registration for the 2024 GLOBE Annual Meeting is open! This year the event is co-hosted by the State University of New York (SUNY) on their beautiful campus in Fredonia, New York. It will run from Monday, 15 July to Thursday, 18 July.. The theme is "Climate and Resilience." Learn more about it on the GLOBE Annual Meeting webpage and in this 1-minute video.
The early bird registration rate is $620 through 14 June and $660 if you register after that. This fee includes meeting attendance, a field trip to Niagara Falls, and most meals during the meeting week. Registration will close 5 July.
Register
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The 8th of June Is World Ocean's Day | |
GLOBE Observations from Sea!
To celebrate World Oceans Day (8 June) and U.S. National Ocean Month this June, we are excited to share an inspiring story map, “Sailing for a Sustainable Ocean” by GLOBE alumna, Ashlee Wells.
In March 2024, Ashlee and a group of fellow students from around the world sailed on the tall ship MIRAIE across the western Pacific Ocean from Yokohama, Japan, to the Micronesian republic of Palau—a trip of approximately 2,000 nautical miles! The students were immersed in leaning about, and doing, marine science with guidance from GLOBE’s Christina Buffington, a science and education specialist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and GLOBE’s Cheryl Williams, a recently retired teacher at Palmer High School, Palmer, Alaska.
Read about their journey
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Trees Around the GLOBE Webinar: Wrangling of Tree Data
25 June 2024, 1 PM ET [25 June, 17:00 UTC]
This webinar will highlight lessons and online data to help educators assist students in bridging the gap between the ground-based GLOBE measurements and the satellite data. Often, students have a difficult time completing the link between the data they collect and the data returned from the satellites. Email Brian Campbell if you are an educator interested in joining the webinar.
Learn more
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New Learning Activities Tools and eTraining Materials
The new learning activities tool has been released. It allows users to upload learning activities to share with the GLOBE community and provides improved access to all of GLOBE’s existing learning activities. Be sure to add your favorite learning activities to the database.
All eTraining materials for all protocols have now been updated.
Looking for support? There's a new email address for that! Email help@nasaglobe.org.
Learn more
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Updates from Field Measurement Campaigns and Intensive Observation Periods (IOPs) | |
GLOBE Clouds
One Million Geostationary Satellite Comparisons
At the end of May, the GLOBE Clouds team met a significant milestone. They matched 1 million GLOBE Clouds observations to geostationary satellite data! You can help the team get to 2 million by downloading the GLOBE Observer app and observing the clouds near you. Learn more about the NASA GLOBE Clouds protocol and how researchers are matching GLOBE Clouds observations with satellite data to create a deeper understanding of clouds.
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GLOBE Eclipse Challenge
Results from the GLOBE Eclipse Challenge
Between 15 March and 15 April, volunteers from over 90 countries collected more than 23,000 GLOBE Clouds observations, generating 25,444 satellite matches...Read more.
"Cloudy with a Chance of Eclipse"
As thousands of people collected data for the 8 April 2024 eclipse, the clouds were also a spectacular sight in their own right. While citizen scientists around the world took measurements, they also helped answer questions about cloud activity during eclipse events...Read more.
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Year of Climate and Carbon Campaign
Celebrating World Ocean's Day and Month
On 3 June, GLOBE was joined by researchers from UCAR's Center for Ocean Leadership to discuss the role of the ocean in the global climate, current research into ocean-climate connections, and how GLOBE data supports understanding more about the world's oceans.
Watch the recording
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GLOBE Student Vlogging (GSV) Program | |
Kickoff Meeting
In May, our 2024-25 cohort of student vloggers met each other for the first time. At the meeting, the new set of students and the GSV alumni mentors learned about the production schedule and received their first assignment: montages!
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Talking to Scientists about Trees and Land Cover Research, Technology, and Citizen Science for Understanding Our Planet
The key for developing new technology to advance science is asking good questions, says Dr. Bruce Cook, research scientist and project scientist for the Landsat Next mission at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. “It’s really not about putting the parts together. It’s coming up with the good ideas. I’ve seen a lot of people get enamored about the technology, but it’s really being able to answer the questions about so what, and why anyone should care.” Watch the full interview with Dr. Cook and Dr. Sorin Popescu in this month’s science blog.
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Highlights from Africa
2024 Regional Meeting in Cameroon
The GLOBE community in Africa held a regional meeting 29 April–3 May in Yaounde, Cameroon. The agenda, meeting presentations, and photo gallery are posted on the GLOBE website.
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Highlights from Asia and Pacific
2024 Regional Meeting in the Maldives
The event, held 14–18 April in Male, Maldives, was an opportunity to share GLOBE achievements and activities from the past year, and discuss strategies for strengthening the GLOBE Program in the region.
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Highlights from Europe and Eurasia
Vibrant Earth Day Celebration
The GLOBE community in Europe and Eurasia celebrated Earth Day with an array of events and activities...Read more
2024 Rivers in Spring, an Outstanding Celebration of World Water Day in Italy
Learn about the World Water Day celebration in Mantova, Italy, which brought together 3,000 people...Read more
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Highlights from Near East and North Africa
GLOBE and Oman's Food Safety Week
Students held an event to introduce the GLOBE Program and its role in food safety...Read more
Comparing Fish in Oman's Falaj Misroun and Falaj Al Fulaij
How many catfish, perch, and walleyes are in the water, and how does the environment affect that number? Omani students do research to find out...Read more
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Highlights from North America
Sharing Field Results at the Student Research Symposia
This April and May, students from across the United States came together at one of five face-to-face Student Research Symposia (SRS) to share the results of field investigations using GLOBE Program protocols. Students presented their research to their peers and STEM professionals through a total of 96 posters across the five symposia.
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Follow the region-specific links to learn more about the 2024 SRS:
To see news stories and videos about the 2024 SRS, visit the GLOBE U.S. SRS Media page.
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Additional News & Information | |
GLOBE Represented at the Inaugural GLOBAL Economic Summit 2024 in Ireland
On 20-23 May 2024, over 300 leaders from economics, business, technology, energy, education, sustainability, and politics attended the inaugural GLOBAL Economic Summit (GES) 2024 in Killarney, Ireland.
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Dr. Tony Murphy, director of Community Engagement and Program Strategy at the UCAR GLOBE Implementation Office, was one of the international thought leaders and experts invited to speak at the summit...Read more. | |
Anniversaries
Congratulations to the 14 GLOBE countries celebrating anniversaries in June.
- Argentina–29 years (28 June 1995)
- Armenia–03 years (14 June 2021)
- Bahrain–23 years (16 June 2001)
- Botswana–06 years (26 June 2018)
- Brazil–09 years (30 June 2015)
- Dominican Republic–27 years (20 June 1997)
- Estonia–28 years (19 June 1996)
- Ireland–29 years (12 June 1995)
- Kenya–27 years (09 June 1997)
- Kyrgyz Republic–29 years (09 June 1995)
- Madagascar–27 years (11 June 1997)
- Monaco–24 years (29 June 2000)
- Republic of Congo–19 years (28 June 2005)
- United Arab Emirates–25 years (06 June 1999)
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GLOBE Program Items Available at Land's End Online Store
Looking for GLOBE gear? You can create clothing and accessories with the GLOBE logo at Lands' End Business.
To get started, go to the Land's End Business page, find the product, choose the size and quantity, and select the GLOBE Program logo.
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