Events - Africa

Get to know a tree better. Create an interview with a tree for "GLOBE Tree TV" or "GLOBE Tree Magazine" and become a Tree Reporter!  >>

GLOBE Mission Earth is hosting a webinar for the Urban Heat Island (UHI) Intensive Observation Period (IOP) on Monday, 2 December 2024, at 3 pm ET (8 pm UTC). This webinar will highlight studying different surfaces at your schools and how teachers, students, and citizen scientists can participate. Here is the webinar information to participate in the UHI IOP.  >>

Join the GLOBE Implementation Office (GIO) IVSS team as we discuss the badges available for the 2025 IVSS theme: "30 Years of GLOBE: Understanding the Past, Present, and Future", including requirements and resources to earn the featured "I am a Data Scientist" badge.  >>

Join Christina Buffington (University of Alaska Fairbanks) and Julia White (NASA SnowEx Intern, University of Alaska Fairbanks) on 4 December at 4:00 pm ET (9:00 pm UTC) to learn about snow physics, drift formation and snow on roofs as well as how to measure snow depth and snow water equivalent (SWE) using GLOBE protocols.  >>

Join a discussion led by Dr. Russ Congalton and Peder Nelson, GLOBE Land Cover scientists, to learn how changes in technology have impacted GLOBE data and the scientific legacy of GLOBE data.  >>

On 5 December at 10:00 am ET (3:00 pm UTC, 16:00 CET), listen in on a discussion between Dr. Russ Congalton, the original GLOBE Land Cover Protocol scientist, and Peder Nelson, scientist and GLOBE Program partner who currently supports the GLOBE Observer Land Cover tool. Hear their answers to how changes in technology have impacted GLOBE data, and what they believe the scientific legacy of GLOBE data is.  >>

Please join the GLOBE Observer team on 8 pm ET on 12 December (1:00 am UTC 13 December) for a GLOBE Observer Connect conversation with Callie Davis. During her summer internship with Dixie National Forest, Callie used the GLOBE Observer Land Cover tool to recreate a series of historic photos taken by her parents, who worked for the USDA Forest Service in the 1990s to survey the land. She will share some of the changes she observed.  >>

Join the monthly GISN Professional Networking Hour to engage with fellow members, learn about ongoing research, and build collaborations.  >>

Join Dr. Maria J. Molina, Assistant Professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences at the University of Maryland, College Park for a discussion on Ethical Science and AI.  >>

Join Dr. Rusty Low, Deputy Director of Science, GLOBE Implementation Office, in this hands-on webinar that introduces students to different sources of data that can enrich GLOBE data collected locally.  >>