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GLOBE News Brief - January 2024

In This Issue

  • News and Announcements
  • Field Measurement Campaign/IOP Updates
  • GISN Updates 
  • GLOBE Community Stories
  • Community Opportunities
  • For U.S. Partners and Educators
  • For Students
  • For Asia and Pacific Students
  • Anniversaries 
  • Additional Announcements


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News and Announcements

January Tech Update


Homepage features, eTraining modules, translations, and more!


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New GLOBE Science One-Pagers: GISN and GLOBE Campaigns/IOPs


GIO recently updated and published two new GLOBE Science One-Pagers about GISN and GLOBE Campaigns and IOPs.


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New GLOBE Annual Meetings Pages Are Now Live!


These pages have been streamlined and consolidated to make Annual Meeting information easier to understand and find.


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Volunteer to Judge 2024 IVSS Student Research Projects


We are looking for volunteers who can read and write in one or more of the following languages: Arabic, Croatian, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and/or Thai.


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GLOBE Attends AGU Fall Meeting


The 2023 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) was a magnet for dozens of people in the GLOBE Community.


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Field Measurement Campaign/IOP Updates

Participate in the NASA Earthrise Initiative!


GLOBE's YCC Campaign is collaborating with NASA's Earthrise Initiative to learn about Earth and Climate science resources.


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GLOBE Mission Mosquito Open Science Webinar on 10 January


Join GLOBE Mission Mosquito and GLOBE Observer's Peder Nelson with this special webinar introducing Open Science 101.


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YCC Webinar on 20 January -- NASA's GPM Mission and GLOBE Data


Join the next YCC Webinar on 20 January to learn more about NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission and its data connects with GLOBE Data.


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NASA The State of Trees -- January 2024


Start the new year off right with a NASA webinar revisiting the Miyawaki Forests with NASA's Peder Nelson and a discussion on the Year of Open Science and IVSS 2024.


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NISAR-YCC Webinar on 31 January 2024


Learn about the new collaborative satellite mission between NASA and ISRO that aims to measure Earth's changing ecosystems.


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GLOBE International STEM Network Updates

GISN Members -- Please Complete the 2023 GISN Yearly Activity Form!


Share with GIO how you participated in GISN throughout 2023.


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GISN Social Hour -- Thursday, 25 January


Interested in becoming a GISN member? Join the next GISN Social Hour on Thursday, 25 January at 8 a.m. MTN!


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GLOBE Community Stories

From the Trees of Técnica de Acebal (Santa Fe, Argentina) to the XX Regional Meeting of GLOBE LAC


A study of trees brings an Argentinian teacher and student to present at the XX GLOBE LAC Regional Meeting.


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Of Trees and Adventures: The Unexpected Odyssey of Our Project "A Tree´s Shade for My Town, Victoria"


GLOBE's Trees Within LAC Campaign takes a teacher and student to the XX LAC Regional Meeting in Panama.


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Diego Luna Vélez of Colegio Montessori of Cartagena Represents Colombia in the LAC Annual Meeting in Panamá

 

Student Diego Andres Luna presented an ongoing investigation regarding the Ecosystem Services that urban forests bring to people at the GLOBE LAC Regional Meeting in Panamá.

 

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Remote Nepalese Schools Receive Early Childhood Development Trainings Using GLOBE Protocols on Atmosphere

 

Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness (ECCA) organized two trainings for teachers and school stakeholders of five remote Nepalese schools.

 

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GLOBE Atmosphere, Cloud, and Soil Protocols Used in Qatar Training


A training course on Atmosphere, Cloud, and Soil protocols was held for science teachers in a number of Qatar schools for primary students.


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GLOBE Observer App and GLOBE Protocols Used in Qatar Teacher Training


A training course on the Atmosphere, Clouds and Soil Protocols was held for teachers in various Qatar schools to benefit primary students.


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Qatar Holds Training Workshop for New GLOBE Teachers


The Ahmad Al Adwani High School (Kuwait) held a training workshop for teachers newly affiliated with The GLOBE Program this past June.


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Kyrgyz Republic Holds GLOBE Training for Teachers and Students


The second GLOBЕ training in Osh (Kyrgyz Republic) was held with great success, having both students and teachers do protocols and learn about international GLOBE campaigns.


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Earthworms and GLOBE -- Kuwait Teacher Studies pH of Tomato Plants


Kuwait biology teacher experiments with how earthworms can change the pH levels of plants to grow better in their dry, hot country.


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Omani School Organizes the "Science Oxygen of Life" Event Using GLOBE Protocols


The Souda Umm al-Mu’minin School in Al Dhahirah Governorate organized the “Science Oxygen of Life” event where students showed off their GLOBE projects.


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GLOBE Students Participate in Astronomy Competition in the Sultanate of Oman


The GLOBE Team at Ibri Basic Education School (Oman) organized an astronomical observatory event as part of enriching the team’s knowledge and skill set.


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Community Opportunities

For U.S. Partners and Educators

Four NARM In-Person Professional Development Workshops Available in 2024


Four in-person professional development options for U.S. Partners and educators will be held between February and May 2024. Registration is now open for all four events.


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For Students

U.S. GLOBE Sophomores/Juniors: 2024 Summer Internship Opportunity 

 

Selected interns will learn how to interpret NASA satellite data and work with scientists and engineers at the University of Texas at Austin Center for Space Research.

 

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2024 U.S. Regional Student Research Symposia


Dates and locations confirmed, registration to open soon.


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IVSS Report Upload Tool Now Live


Students may begin submitting their IVSS reports using the "Upload a Research Report" tool.


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IVSS Webinar: Submitting Student Projects on 18 January 2024


Join the IVSS team as we walk through the process for submitting 2024 IVSS Student Research Projects.


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For Asia and Pacific Students

GLOBE Asia and Pacific Virtual Symposium on Wetlands on 2 February 2024


There will be a virtual symposium with presentations on wetlands where GLOBE Asia and Pacific Region students may present on wetlands, water, or the hydrosphere.


Read More Here.

Additional Announcements

Anniversaries

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Congratulations to the 7 GLOBE Countries Celebrating Anniversaries in January:



Fiji – 27 years (28 Jan 1997)

Italy – 27 years (21 Jan 1997)

Latvia – 25 years (27 Jan 1999)

Moldova – 29 years (30 Jan 1995)

Palau – 27 years (30 Jan 1997)

Philippines – 25 years (14 Jan 1999)

Togo – 06 years (20 Jan 2018)



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