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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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08/18/2022
Screen Names and Other Significant Updates to GLOBE Observer
At the end of July 2022, The GLOBE Program released a large update to the GLOBE Observer app and the GLOBE and GLOBE Observer websites. The update gives citizen scientists the ability to create screen names, adds functionality to the “My Observations” page and GLOBE Teams. And, for GLOBE Educators, the release updated GLOBE Educators’ pages and added GLOBE Hydrology Data Entry protocols to the GLOBE Observer app.
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06/09/2020
Citizen Scientist Carmen Mandel Adds More than 54,000 New Data Points to GLOBE Observer Clouds
In May 2020, citizen scientist Carmen Mandel met two major milestones: she marked her one-year anniversary of being a GLOBE Observer and she single-handedly expanded the Clouds satellite match data by 36%.
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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. 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.
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08/01/2022
NASA Cloud Observation Program Nets a Million Satellite Matches
The GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) Clouds arm of The GLOBE Program crossed the millionth-match threshold July 30.
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07/25/2022
GLOBE Land Cover Challenge 2022: Land Cover in a Changing Climate
The GLOBE Land Cover Challenge 2022: Land Cover in a Changing Climate marks the 50th anniversary of the Landsat Program and provides ground-based photos and information to support its remarkable record of land cover. To participate in the challenge, choose any location, then use the GLOBE Observer app to photograph the land in each cardinal direction, then submit the photos to GLOBE. If you document a location that has changed, you can add information about the change in the field notes.
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07/06/2022
GLOBE Observer Mosquito Habitat Mapper Goes on the Road – The Zika Bus.
The Zika Bus is a non-formal education project created by scientist leads, Dr. Rodrigo Arantes Reis and Dr. Emerson Joucoski, Federal University of Parana (UFPR), Brazil. The bus is a mobile museum and science laboratory that supports mosquito vector education in small cities and rural areas.
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06/08/2022
GLOBE Observer Connection, Conversation, Celebration (GO C3)
GLOBE Observer Connection, Conversation, Celebration (GO C3) will be the first virtual gathering of volunteers who participate in The GLOBE Program through the GLOBE Observer app. Anyone may register to attend this free online event. The event will take place on 26 July 2022 from 7-9 p.m. ET (11-1 UTC).
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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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05/11/2022
Match to a Million: The GLOBE Program’s Countdown to a Million Satellite Matches
When your observations are matched to satellite data, you are helping capture a complete view of the complexity of the atmosphere. We are approaching ONE MILLION SATELLITE MATCHES and we need your help to make sure we meet it by the time The GLOBE Annual Meeting rolls around (this summer)!
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