The GLOBE Program

As part of our 2025 Annual Meeting, we celebrated GLOBE’s 30th anniversary by unveiling a GLOBE community poem! Through personal expression and creative writing, contributors shared how GLOBE has impacted people, advanced science, and strengthened communities around the world.…

Due to the U.S. government shutdown, GLOBE communications will be limited and the website will be available but not updated with new content. However, your observations can still be submitted! If you registered for an upcoming GLOBE event, please check your email for the latest…

The GLOBE community in Latin America and the Caribbean reported a total of over 69,000 observations to the GLOBE database during the July–August 2025 Intensive Observation Period (IOP)! Learn more about this amazing success at tinyurl.com/mr3bk9rf.

👀 First look! The @NASA-@ISRO NISAR satellite sent back its first images, distinguishing between different types of land cover in areas like croplands, forests and wetlands. These are a glimpse of what it will be able to produce when the science phase begins later this year.

For decades, NASA and its partners have tracked our ocean. This November, Sentinel-6B continues the legacy. 🌊 Once in orbit, it'll measure sea levels for nearly all of Earth’s ocean, helping improve hurricane forecasting and protect coastal communities. go.nasa.gov/46GagEO

A nice(ar) view of Earth 😎 NISAR has released preliminary radar images that showcase its ability to distinguish between different land cover. Launched in July, this satellite tracks changes in land and ice surfaces on Earth. go.nasa.gov/42HjY8Q

For over 50 years, @nasa/@usgs Landsat satellites have monitored Earth’s coastlines. This data helps us understand how coastal ecosystems are changing—mangrove forests impacted by hurricanes, expanding meadows of eelgrass, changes in water quality, and more.

Deadline Extended! Did you know your tree observations through the GLOBE Observer app can help validate NASA’s GEDI (Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation) biomass product and support researchers at Northern Arizona University (NAU) studying inclusive Earth systems monitoring?…

Did you miss Jane Goodall’s inspiring message to the GLOBE community at #GLOBEMeeting2025? Watch it here: youtu.be/v_0nHZrDfN0?si… Explore all Annual Meeting session recordings and materials, and check out details on our upcoming GLOBE Learning Sessions here:…

ICYMI: Join our GLOBE Learning Session on the 1st of October at 13:00 UTC to explore ways former GLOBE students can help promote, support, and sustain the GLOBE program. Hear from Laura Altin, Bill Becker, Ylliass Destin Lawani, and Watcharee Ruairuen, and discover strategies for…

Did you miss our GLOBE Learning Session earlier this week where we highlighted and celebrated the legacy of GLOBE Observer? The recording is now posted on our YouTube channel. Watch here: youtu.be/adMZ-bUX0x0

Did you know you can check out a global map showing the locations of the last seven days of data for GLOBE Observer #Clouds, #LandCover, #MosquitoHabits, and #TreeHeight on the GLOBE Observer website? Go to observer.globe.gov and scroll about halfway down the homepage to…

We hear from students and educators often how GLOBE gets students excited about science. It opens a window to science for anyone with a phone who is curious. In this short teaser video, hear what GLOBE means to the community through their own voices, in the GLOBE Community poem.…

How can we engage former GLOBE students to promote, support and sustain the GLOBE Program? Join us for an upcoming GLOBE Learning Session on the 1st of October at 13:00 UTC to learn about strategies for engaging alumni to support GLOBE activities at various levels. Presenters…

Did you miss the recent NASA Response Mappers webinar? The recording is now online! This mid-season webinar provided an update on data collected to date and described how you can still participate by taking landcover observations using the GLOBE Observer app. Presenters also…

For our latest GLOBE Student Vlog, we hear from Geeta from New Jersey, United States. In her video, Geeta takes us on a tour of her garden explaining the growing season for many different types of plants that thrive in this deciduous biome. Geeta also discusses different animals…

Real-time wildfire data 🔥 NASA’s FireSense project is studying the science of fires, helping answer fundamental questions about fire and changing the way we think about proactive wildfire land management.

#ICYMI. In May 2025, GLOBE Mission Earth planned and hosted the virtual NASA/GLOBE PM2.5 Low-Cost Sensor (LCS) Workshop. This workshop brought together scientists, educators, and other attendees to discuss best practices for PM2.5 sensor quality assurance and quality control,…

☁️Are you a cloud enthusiast? One of the simplest, and most fun ways to explore the sky is by identifying the clouds above you. The GLOBE Cloud Identification Chart makes it easy to recognize different cloud types and learn what they tell us about our atmosphere. Pair it with the…

#ICYMI: Submitting land cover observations to GLOBE just got even more exciting! Now, when you share your observations, you’ll receive an email from NASA showing how your data aligns with satellite imagery. This new feature builds on the same system used for cloud comparisons at…

GLOBE Mission Earth invites educators, citizen scientists, and students all over the world to participate in the Urban Heat Island Intensive Observation Period throughout October. You and your students can be part of this important data collection by collecting surface…