The 2026 World Cup concluded on 19 July with Spain becoming World Cup Champions — and, with that, our GLOBE Cup Challenge has come to an end. During the World Cup — from 11 June to 19 July — GLOBE participants in regional teams visited local soccer (football) fields, parks, schoolyards, or anywhere people play to take observations of air temperature, surface temperature, and land cover.   >>

The GLOBE community contributed to the success of SciStarter's 2.50 Million Acts of Science challenge through observations using the GLOBE Observer app in April.  >>

Communicating results is the final, and perhaps the most important, step in the scientific process. One way that scientists and researchers share their findings is by publishing peer-reviewed papers. Here are five papers from 2025 that mention GLOBE Observer.  >>

On Jan. 31, students, library staff, researchers, and community members gathered at the University of Florida’s (UF) Marston Science Library for the Environmental Monitoring through Education, Research, and Geospatial Engagement (EMERGE) NASA Data Hackathon.  >>

When hazardous winter weather threatens public safety, forecasters want as much information as possible to issue their live-saving warnings. One wintertime hazard—blowing snow—can be an often overlooked but significant threat. A collaboration between NOAA NESDIS’ Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) and the citizen scientists from Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program is helping test run a new satellite product designed to detect blowing snow, a hazard that can reduce visibility for air and ground transportation.   >>

Originally planned to end on February 28th, the request for blowing snow observations has been extended through March 31st! Read tips from Bill Line, Physical Scientist at NOAA/NESDIS, on capturing blowing snow observations.  >>

The GLOBE Program is excited to announce that GLOBE Observers now have access to all GLOBE protocols. The 23rd of December 2025 GLOBE Observer app update adds the GLOBE Data Entry button for all GLOBE members.  >>

Scientists are asking the GLOBE community for help documenting blowing snow on clear days between December and February. Your observations will support a new satellite-based product that is being developed to map this significant weather hazard.  >>

We are excited to announce that, starting in September, you will receive an email from NASA that aligns your land cover observations with satellite data (similar to GLOBE Clouds)! Your observations will be compared to MODIS land cover classification data, and Landsat 8 and 9 and Sentinel 2 images collected within a week of the observation.  >>

The August 2025 GLOBE Observer app update introduces two new features–practice mode and the ability to submit extra cloud photos–and adds new satellites to the overpass predictor.  >>