Author Archives: GLOBE Program

The Czech Republic celebrates GLOBE through GLOBE Games

This week’s blog post is written in coordination between Jessica Mackaro and Dana Votapkova, former Country Coordinator for the Czech Republic. Ms. Votapkova is the project manager and GLOBE consultant for the TEREZA Association, a non-governmental organization for environmental education … Continue reading

Posted in Conferences/Meetings, Europe and Eurasia | 4 Comments

North America and hurricane vulnerability – a project to improve forecasts

The month of June brings with it hurricane season in the North Atlantic Ocean basin. Both countries in GLOBE’s North America Region, Canada and the United States, are affected by these storms.  It is important to remember that tropical cyclones … Continue reading

Posted in North America | 1 Comment

When Bad Things Happen to Good Experiments

This week’s post is from Lesley Smith, an Associate Scientist from the Atmospheric Chemistry Division at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), as well as a GLOBE International Scientist Network  (GISN) member.  Lesley has spent many years studying the … Continue reading

Posted in Scientists | 3 Comments

Wading and migratory birds overflow study in the Kingdom of Bahrain

This week’s blog comes to us from Ms. Wafa Bin Daynna, the Country Coordinator for the Kingdom of Bahrain.  In this post she explains a new collaborative project occurring in the Kingdom of Bahrain exploring migratory birds throughout the country.  … Continue reading

Posted in Earth as a System, GLOBE Protocols, Latin America and Caribbean | 4 Comments

The connection of science and stewardship part II: examples and summary

This week’s post is a continuation from last week, where our guest blogger, Vera Gekov, explored GLOBE and connected it to environmental stewardship.  As part of my Master’s Applied Research Project, I collected stories as richly diverse as the international … Continue reading

Posted in General Science | 2 Comments