Webinars - 30 Years of GLOBE Campaign

During the 30 Years of GLOBE Campaign, The GLOBE Implementation Office will facilitate webinars from NASA scientists, GISN members, GLOBE community members, and other subject matter experts to highlight different local climate-related topics, celebrate the past 30 years of GLOBE data and more!

All webinars will be held virtually over Zoom. Please check back soon for specific dates for each webinar and registration details.

Title: 30 Years of GLOBE Data Campaign Introduction
Date: September TBA
Description: Meet the Scientist Lead, Dr. Charlie Vörösmarty, who will introduce the 2024-2025 data campaign. He will talk about how change in the Earth system over time can be detected looking at a data time series, and give an example from his work with water and the UN SDGs.
 
Title: GLOBE Mission Mosquito webinar
Date: October TBA
Description: Presentations by high school students who have collected GLOBE land cover data and applied data science tools to complete a research project (3-5 minute recordings, plus Q and A with SEES students).
 
Title: Visualize and Analyze data (IVSS Webinar).
Date: October TBA
Description: Follow the steps presented in this introductory data science  webinar and your students will be qualified for the GLOBE 'I am a Data Scientist' badge. 
 
Title: Create a GLOBE data time series at your location
Date: November TBA
Description: Technology has changed significantly in 30 years, but the fundamental questions we asked of Earth system data are still current. Join Peder Nelson, GLOBE Observer Land Cover science lead in a discussion of why we want to explore that past 30 years of GLOBE data and connect it to our present observations. Using examples, Peder will present strategies to address challenges you might encounter in creating a data time series from your local data, and he will discuss how uncertainty is an issue that always needs to be addressed in the analysis of any data set.
 
Title: A Tale of Two Scientists
Date: December TBA
Description: In support of the 30 Years of GLOBE Data campaign, listen in on a discussion between Dr. Russ Congalton, the original GLOBE Land Cover protocol scientist, with scientist Peder Nelson, who currently supports the GLOBE Observer Land Cover tool. How has changes in technology impacted GLOBE data, and what is the scientific legacy of GLOBE data?
 
Title: GLOBE Chronicles of Change
Date: January TBA
Description: The GLOBE Chronicles of Change is a template you can use to describe your “pixel”-  your GLOBE Study Site. Join Dr. Rusty Low, Deputy Director of Science, GIO, in this hands-on activity that introduces students to different sources of data that can enrich GLOBE data collected locally.  You will use satellite imagery, demographic data, and other data sources to create  hypotheses about Earth system change in your community, and will identify GLOBE protocols that can be applied to test your hypotheses.  You will leave the webinar with a template you can use to reproduce this activity with your students.

Title: Create a data animation for your location 
Date: February TBA
Description: Peder Nelson will share how to create an animated GIF of a GLOBE study site using Landsat time series images, and use this animation as a way to understand and describe local change. Bring your GLOBE study site and/or your school location (latitude, longitude) to this interactive session. 
 
Title: Connecting Indigenous knowledge with GLOBE Science
Date: June TBA
Description: Anne Lewis, from the South Dakota Discovery Center, will share Braiding Indigenous ways of knowing with Western STEM. Using the lessons of Stacy Laravie, a Ponca educator, we'll start with understanding the interconnectedness of everything or traditional ecological kinship and delve into integrating the Oceti Sakowin Essential Understandings with STEM for all grade levels.

Title: 30 Years of GLOBE Campaign Celebration
Date: September TBA 
Description: Celebrate and share the products and metrics of the 30 Years of GLOBE Campaign!