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05/01/2023
Introducing “Where is the Water? A GLOBE Observer Data Challenge”
During the month of May 2023, we invite you to contribute to a library of citizen science data about Earth’s surface water during the “Where is the Water? A GLOBE Observer Data Challenge.”
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03/21/2023
Two “Edgy” Mosquito Stories
Heterogeneous land cover includes “edges,” or transitional zones. Scientists are especially interested in documenting mosquitoes found in these edge zones because these are places where mosquitoes encounter new hosts and new pathogens, creating new opportunities for disease outbreaks.
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02/14/2023
Celebrate Valentine's Day with GLOBE Observer
Looking for a valentine for that special someone? Why not share the science and the love at the same time with GLOBE Observer valentines!
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12/29/2022
The GLOBE Program at the AGU Fall Meeting
From 12-16 December 2022, The GLOBE Program and members of the GLOBE community attended the American Geophysical Union’s Fall Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, an annual gathering of Earth scientists from around the world sharing their research and discoveries.
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10/19/2022
GLOBE Goes to the Amazon
This is Rusty Low, scientist with the GLOBE Observer Science Team, reporting from the Amazon Rainforest in the Tapajós National Forest, Municipality of Belterra, Para, Brazil for the NASA GLOBE Trees Challenge 2022: Trees in a Changing Climate. My co-author for this blog is Erick Luiz Souza Silva. He is a graduate student at the Federal University of Brasilia.
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09/06/2022
Land Cover Challenge 2022 Summary and Wrap-up
From 26 July to 26 August, we asked our volunteer scientists to use GLOBE Observer to collect observations of land cover, tying in with the 50th anniversary of the Landsat satellite and with a special focus on land cover in a changing climate. And our volunteers delivered! Read about the results of the challenge.
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08/19/2022
Wait! What is in that Landsat Pixel you just measured?
With the GLOBE Observer (GO) app and a few simple steps you can provide valuable data for our research! After all, it’s only through connecting the space and the ground views that we can verify the areas where we are correct, and pick up on missed areas we map incorrectly.
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05/27/2022
Results from the Spring 2022 Tree Height and Land Cover Intensive Observation Period
The Trees Around the GLOBE Student Research Campaign hosted the Spring 2022 Tree Height and Land Cover Intensive Observation Period (IOP) from 22 April though 22 May 2022.
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03/17/2022
GLOBE Student Interns Recognized for AGU Scientific Presentations
Two GLOBE students were recently recognized by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) with an Outstanding Student Award for work presented at the Fall AGU Meeting.
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12/01/2021
Adopt a Pixel 3 km
A new scientific paper featuring GLOBE data was published in Frontiers in Climate on 18 November 2021. The paper describes a method for collecting GLOBE land cover and mosquito habitat data with the GLOBE Observer app in a way that makes it easier to match with satellite data.
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