Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment

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Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment
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Mission
The GLOBE Program's mission is "to increase awareness of individuals throughout the world about the global environment, contribute to increased scientific understanding of the Earth and support improved student achievement in science and mathematics."[9]

Specific goals include:

  • Improve student achievement across the curriculum with a focus on student research in environmental and Earth system science;
  • Enhance awareness and support activities of individuals throughout the world to benefit the environment;
  • Contribute to scientific understanding of Earth as a system;
  • Connect and inspire the next generation of global scientists; and
  • Get young minds outside to explore new things.
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GLOBE is sponsored by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration[4]), NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration[5]), and the National Science Foundation,[6] through an inter-agency agreement signed in 1998.[7] The U.S. Department of State supports the work of the GLOBE Program internationally [8] and many other organizations support the GLOBE Program in the U.S. and around the world.