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A woman looks at a photo of a mosquito larva on a phone. She is sitting at a table with papers in front of her and a laptop by her side.
06/25/2025
GLOBE and Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence or AI is more than a buzz word: it can be a powerful tool and it is enhancing GLOBE for good. A recent paper summarized how AI is smoothing both how you submit GLOBE data and how scientists analyze GLOBE data. In particular, AI screens your photos the moment you submit them, and later, scientists are using AI image analysis to classify mosquito larvae or land cover in your photos.  >>

One Million Acts of Science congratulatory image, with a test tube filled up all the way to 1,000,000, a robot with a thought bubble saying congratulations, and fireworks in the background.
05/20/2025
GLOBE Observer and April's Million Acts of Science
The GLOBE community contributed to the success of SciStarter's Million Acts of Science challenge through observations using the GLOBE Observer app in April.  >>

From left, three separate images of a field of yellow flowers, a close up on the flowers, and a yellow flowering tree.
05/14/2025
Looking for Wildflower Blooms and Flowering Trees with GLOBE
What if today’s GLOBE observations could be used to peer back in time? That’s what Dr. Yoseline Angel is trying to do with your photos of flowering plants and trees.  >>

Hands holding phones with each of the landing screens for Clouds, Mosquito Habitat Mapper, Land Cover and Trees in front of backgrounds representing the data collected by each of the four tools.
04/23/2025
Impacts of the GLOBE Observer App 2016-2025
The GLOBE Program recently celebrated its 30th Anniversary on Earth Day, 22 April 2025. Ten years ago, work began to develop the GLOBE Observer app, and it formally launched in 2016 with the first tool, Clouds. Read more about our accomplishments from the last nearly ten years.  >>

The picture shows a map of the world. Green dots indicate the distribution of GLOBE trees observations. The dots are most concentrated in the United States, Europe, and southern Asia with significant clusters in South America, western Africa and eastern Australia. The GLOBE Program logo is in the upper left corner.
02/18/2025
GLOBE Observer Trees Just Got Even Better!
As of early November 2024, you can now enter the tree’s genus and species on the last screen of the Trees tool, after you measure the tree’s height. Knowing the genus and species of a tree is important, because it helps us understand a tree’s specific characteristics, potential ecological roles, and the type of care a tree will need to thrive in different environments.  >>

Three girls dressed in matching tan shirts stand around a tree. One girl is holding a clipboard with a paper data sheet, which shows a grid of images related to the health of the tree.
01/14/2025
New GLOBE Camp Programming Guides!
GLOBE is going to camp! GLOBE is pleased to offer a new resource guide that provides camp educators with activities and programming ideas built on GLOBE Observer. The new guide will help campers monitor the conditions of clouds, water, and plants, to study change over time.  >>

Three screenshots from the GLOBE Observer app. The first screenshot is of the GLOBE Observer home screen. The center screenshot shows the Trees tool homescreen. The right screenshot shows the new feature that allows volunteers to enter a tree's genus and species.
11/08/2024
New Feature in GLOBE Observer Trees
What kind of trees have you been observing with GLOBE Observer? The latest update to the GLOBE Observer app gives you the ability to report a tree’s genus, species, and/or common name.  >>

A young woman holds up a GLOBE Plant Color Guide next to the leaves of a tree to determine their color.
09/04/2024
A Call for Daily Observations of Fall Color to Support Student Research Campaigns
GLOBE students across North America and Europe are working together to document seasonal change this September through December. The Trees Within LAC (Latin America and Caribbean region) Campaign is also collecting information about the tree species of the localities where students reside and their dynamics over time. We invite volunteers of all ages and in all countries to support their work by collecting regular Trees and Land Cover data with GLOBE Observer.   >>

Images of observers collecting data about trees, walking on a rocky beach, and using solar viewing glasses to look a the sky, and the text GLOBE Observer Connect.
07/15/2024
GLOBE Observer Connect Recordings
We are not holding a GLOBE Observer Connect for July 2024, but we encourage you to take the opportunity to view available recordings of the prior sessions.  >>

Four researchers in a forest surrounded by a collection of research equipment.
05/30/2024
Talking to Scientists about Trees and Land Cover Research, Technology, and Citizen Science for Understanding our Planet
Interviews with research scientists Dr. Bruce Cook and Dr. Sorin Popescu focused on research vision, research questions, and how the planning of research sets the baseline for developing a research project.  >>

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