GLOBE News Brief – April 2026 | | Celebrating Earth Day–GLOBE's 31st Anniversary |
Observe Like Artemis Challenge
22 April to 22 May
Were you inspired by the Artemis II mission? On Earth Day, we launched the Observe Like Artemis Challenge, inviting you and other members of the GLOBE community to show us what Earth means to you by taking GLOBE observations of your favorite features—whether it’s a cloud, a tree, a local waterway, or soil from a nearby forest.
Dr. Padi Boyd, deputy project scientist of the first Artemis Lunar Surface Science team at NASA recorded a special audio message for the GLOBE community, reflecting on Artemis and how astronauts observe Earth from space—complemented by satellites, instruments, and surface observations from GLOBE members.
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Anniversary Broadcast
People from all over the world, including Brazil, Nepal, Uruguay, Dominican Republic, Georgia, Nigeria, Chile, and from across the U.S. (from Florida to Alaska) joined us live on Earth Day (22 April) to connect and watch the anniversary broadcast together.
The broadcast highlighted NASA and NOAA collaborations—from NASA Response Mappers to the Blowing Snow pilot—and celebrated land cover satellite matching, 2026 Virtual Science Symposium projects, 2025 GLOBE student vloggers, and much, much more.
Earth Day Celebrations
GLOBE community members were invited to celebrate Earth Day by doing GLOBE. The U.S. Partners offered a great list of GLOBE ideas for Earth Day (and beyond!), while GLOBE highlighted its collaboration with SciStarter to encourage Acts of Science through GLOBE this April, and asked you to help us reach 2 million satellite matches by April 2027 through your Clouds and Land Cover observations.
See a glimpse of how others across the GLOBE Program celebrated:
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New Book, Poster, and Greeting Cards!
Be inspired all over again by the poetic words of the GLOBE community. The poem, crafted in 2025 and shared at the GLOBE Annual Meeting, has been turned into a book, visual poster, and greeting cards. Get your copies. These are available as free downloadable PDFs. Printed materials are available in the U.S. for the cost of printing and shipping.
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Upcoming Session
GLOBE Phenology: Designing Collaborative, Impactful Research Campaigns
29 April at 10 am ET (14:00 UTC)
Join us as we celebrate the impacts of global and regional GLOBE phenology campaigns and examine the strategies and approaches that contributed to their success. Learn more and register.
Session Materials and Recordings
Please continue to visit the GLOBE Annual Meeting webpage for updates on GLOBE Learning Sessions, including new opportunities to participate and recordings of all past Learning Sessions.
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The GLOBE Network on Mighty Network | |
If you joined the GLOBE Network on Mighty Networks (for the 2025 Annual Meeting, 2026 Virtual Science Symposium, or data collection etrainings) and downloaded the GLOBE-specific app, please download the Mighty Networks app to continue to access these resources. The Mighty Networks app can be found in the App Store or on Google Play. Look for the Mighty icon in your app store or use the QR code pictured. Learn more.
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Blowing Snow Pilot Project
The Results Are In
The GLOBE community was asked to capture photos of blowing snow between 1 December 2025 and 31 March 2026 to compare with satellite products that detect these events. Thanks to all who participated. View the results.
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Trees Around the GLOBE
Upcoming Webinar
Webinar Recording
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GLOBE Observer Connect
Upcoming Webinar
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Observe Like Artemis (May Date TBD) | Our May GLOBE Observer Connect session will feature a member of the Artemis II Lunar Science Team. Join us to hear about what the astronauts were asked to look for and how their observations will help answer fundamental science questions. In the meantime, check out the Artemis II Lunar Science Passport, a booklet created by the Science Team to help the crew prepare for their lunar flyby.
Webinar Recordings
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Bringing Your Observations to Meteorologists | In March 2025, environmental data collected by the GLOBE community became available in NOAA’s Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System (MADIS). In this webinar, the GLOBE Program Office, NOAA, and Synoptic Data discussed how GLOBE data benefit the meteorological community, shared insights into this exciting milestone, described examples of how the data are used, and demonstrated how to access the data in MADIS.
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Using Your Blowing Snow Ground Photos to Verify a Satellite Product | In this session, Bill Line (NOAA NESDIS) and Christina Buffington (GIO and University of Alaska Fairbanks) shared results from the Blowing Snow pilot project, how it worked, and how GLOBE observations supported it.
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Europe and Eurasia
Stars Story
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Near East and North Africa
Stars Story
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Student Research Competition Strengthens Scientific Engagement in NENA Region | The NENA region has successfully concluded a virtual regional research competition, modeled after GLOBE’s Virtual Science Symposium (VSS), aimed at strengthening student scientific engagement. The competition, which focused on air temperature’s effect on land cover and biology diversity, ran from 1 January through 31 March.
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North America
Spring Phenology Campaign
The North American GLOBE community is encouraged to collect Green-Up data between February and June—whenever plant buds are changing from dormant to fully grown leaves in your location! Learn more and join the campaign.
News
Stars Story
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Find more events and opportunities on the Events page of the GLOBE website. Read more Stars Stories under News and Events.
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GLOBE Partner John Moore Receives National Space Club Award
U.S. Partner John Moore accepted the National Space Club Award at the Club’s annual Robert H. Goddard Memorial Dinner on Friday, 13 March, in Washington, D.C.
He reports: "The evening was both humbling and unforgettable being recognized among more than 2,000 leaders in the aerospace field, representing the vital role of education in developing the next generation of aerospace leaders, and strengthening relationships among industry, government, and education."
Learn more.
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NASA Science Article
NASA Data Hackathon Inspires Community Action
On 31 January, the University of Florida’s Marston Science Library for the Environmental Monitoring through Education, Research, and Geospatial Engagement (EMERGE) hosted the NASA Data Hackathon. This initiative empowers libraries, educators, and individuals to engage in public health and environmental science using real-world data tools and citizen science. At the center of the hackathon is the GLOBE Observer app. Learn more.
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Reminders
GLOBE International STEM Network (GISN)
If you're not already a member, the GISN welcomes scientists and STEM professionals to increase participation across all six GLOBE regions. Visit the GISN webpage to learn more and apply for membership.
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