understand local change at
global scales.
GLOBE is now open to all members of the land change science community.
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Recent News
GLP Open Science Meeting a Success!
GLOBE officially went live this past week at the 2nd Global Land Project (GLP) Open Science Meeting (OSM) in Berlin, Gemany last week (March 19-21). The conference featured a variety of opportunities for land change science researchers to become familiar with, and use GLOBE for the first time. During the conference a GLOBE information table
First 24 cases for GLP OSM Now in GLOBE! Check them out!
The first 24 cases of the Global Land Project’s Open Science Meeting have been added to the GLOBE system and are available here! (NOTE: only logged in GLOBE users can see all 24 cases) Thank you to all case study researchers who have already entered their case study. If you received an email from GLOBE
Have you browsed a Global Variable today?
All of the global variables in GLOBE are interactive online maps that can be viewed without logging in. Click this link to begin. The tour begins with Terrestrial Biomes (potential vegetation)- click the map to zoom in to any area you like. To view another variable, click the “select a different variable” button at upper
It Takes a Village- To Understand Global Change
Why do we need GLOBE? Because in the Anthropocene, local change is global change. In the early 1990s, I set out to study ecological sustainability in China’s Tai Lake Region; famous since ancient times for high rice yields and dense populations. What I learned from the farmers of Xiejia Village changed me for good. These
