- The GLOBE Xpedition's Mission -
A Seasons & Biomes Project
GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) is a worldwide hands-on, primary and secondary school-based science and education program. GLOBE's vision promotes and supports students, teachers and scientists to 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) in study and research about the dynamics of Earth's environment.
Our Xpedition Team of Students, Educators and Scientists will travel to Tanzania, Africa to Climb the largest freestanding mountain in the world to gather environmental data within the distinct biomes of Mt. Kilimanjaro
( View of Mt. Kilimanjaro from the town of Moshi )
Along the way we hope to use GLOBE Land cover protocols to better identify the six unique biomes and the presence of invasive plant species will be documented using the Invasive Plant Species Protocol developed by the GLOBE Seasons and Biomes Project.
Finally, the students will attempt to identify the larvae of Anopheles mosquitoes, which can transmit malaria, on the foothills of Mt. Kilimanjaro and describe the environmental conditions in which they are found using the GLOBE Seasons and Biomes Project African Mosquito Larvae Protocol.
This GLOBE Seasons and Biomes Project endeavor will contribute scientific measurements to compare with previous research and serve as a comparative baseline for future study areas to examine the effects of climate change that threaten the entire ecosystem of this World Natural Heritage Site.
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