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GLOBE Websites Offline 25–28 August

The GLOBE servers will be down from the evening (EDT) of August 25th to August 28th for an update.

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GLOBE Observer Connect

Learn about the Aviation Weather project with GLOBE and the Civil Air Patrol in our August GO Connect!

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Side by side images of the same boardwalk and path, one with dry conditions and one showing flooding.

NASA Response Mappers

Do you live in the southeastern U.S.? The NASA Disaster Response Coordination System is looking for data from you!

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GLOBE Annual Meeting

Recordings from the GLOBE Annual Meeting in July, celebrating the GLOBE Program’s 30th anniversary, are now available!

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Columns of cards from the NUBE game, showing different clouds types, obscurations and more.

NUBE Card Game

Practice your cloud identification skills with NUBE, a new card game from GLOBE Clouds.

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The 30 Years of GLOBE: Comparing Data Past and Present badge with history photos from GLOBE, including a group of students lying in a circle around GLOBE written on the ground, various people in canoes on a pond, a large inflatable globe and lighted paper lanterns being held up around it, a cake that says Happy Earth Day and an image of the Earth, and a hand holding up a phone with a landing screen from the GLOBE Observer app.

Thirty Years of GLOBE!

GLOBE is celebrating its 30th Anniversary this year! We're celebrating by comparing GLOBE data past and present.

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What is GLOBE Observer?

A citizen science app allowing volunteers in GLOBE countries to take observations and contribute to the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) community
A way to collect data to track changes in the environment in support of Earth system science research, and interpret NASA and other satellite data
An open data set available to scientists, and supporting students of all ages in doing real scientific research through the GLOBE Program

Download the app and follow the instructions to get started. Always follow guidelines from your local officials, and only participate in GLOBE activities or use the GLOBE Observer app if it is safe to do so.

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What are GLOBE Observers up to?

Watch the recording of the latest GLOBE Observer Connect session to hear from volunteers collecting data, community members and educators creating projects and teaching others, and scientists and researchers using GLOBE data. See what's coming next in the monthly series on the GO Connect event page.