GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) is a worldwide hands-on, primary and secondary school-based science and education program. GLOBE observations and measurements include atmosphere and climate, hydrology, land cover and phenology, and soils. GLOBE students, teachers and scientists collaborate on inquiry-based investigations of the environment and the Earth system, working in close partnership with NASA and NSF Earth System Science Projects (ESSPs), on research topics related to the carbon cycle, watersheds, seasons and biomes and extreme environments. Understanding Earth as an interconnected system is at the core of the GLOBE program.

GLOBE student research includes collaboration with internationally initiated projects in study about the dynamics of Earth's environment. GLOBE brings together students, teachers and scientists through the GLOBE Schools Network in support of student learning and research. Parents, GLOBE Alumni and other community members often work with teachers to help students obtain data on days when schools are not open.

Announced in 1994, GLOBE began operations on Earth Day 1995. Today, the international GLOBE network has grown to include representatives from 110 participating countries and over 140 U.S. Partners coordinating GLOBE activities that are integrated into their local and regional communities. Due to their efforts, there are more than 40,000 GLOBE-trained teachers representing over 20,000 schools around the world. GLOBE students have contributed more than 18 million measurements to the GLOBE database for use in their inquiry-based science projects.

GLOBE is an interagency program funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), supported by the U.S. Department of State, and implemented through a cooperative agreement between NASA and the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) in Boulder, Colorado.

CONTACT: Phone: 1-800-858-9947, Email: help@globe.gov.